The Norwegian expedition to the North Pole is based on a true story chronicled by Borge Ousland in a March 1991 National Geographic article, "The Hard Way to the North Pole." If expeditions interest you, you can connect to www.nationalgeographic.com/andes/index.html to read about the National Geographic resident explorer's expedition to the Andes in Search of Inca Secrets. At the Web site, you can link to the expedition or to a virtual autopsy of a teenage Inca girl who was sacrificed in an ancient Inca ritual. At another Web site (www.outsidemag.com/places/africa/index.html), you can read "Outside Online: Kilimanjaro Climb for Care" and listen to RealAudio broadcasts that were made during the climb. The University of California Research Expeditions Program at http://www.mip.Berkeley.EDU/urep (formerly shanana.berkeley.edu/urep) provides information about field research expeditions that are open to public participation. The range of expeditions is broad, from studies of biodiversity to studies of archaeological sites. Expedition sites are located in Yosemite National Park, Ireland, Costa Rica, Kenya, Brazil, Hawaii, Ecuador, and other places around the world.
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