{"id":3087,"date":"2009-04-27T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesviews.net\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2018-06-04T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:30:32","slug":"fish-northpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2009\/04\/27\/fish-northpole\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish '96 and Huston accomplish North Pole quest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE: April 27, 2009: Sleeping just three hours over the last four days, Tyler Fish ’96 and John Huston reached the North Pole on April 25, 2009, becoming the first Americans to ski unsupported to the pole.<\/p>\n

The final days were an “absolute blur,” said Huston in the final blog<\/a>. “We pushed our bodies and minds to the limits to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds…. We are exhausted…. We have a fantastic feeling of satisfaction \u2014 and of freedom from our powerful routine that propelled us to the North Pole.”<\/p>\n

April 22, 2009: Fish ’96, Huston have just days to reach North Pole<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facing an April 25 deadline, Tyler Fish ’96 of Ely, Minn., and John Huston of Chicago are making a final dash to the North Pole.<\/p>\n

Hoping to become the first Americans to ski unsupported \u2014 no food drops, no outside help \u2014 to the pole, the pair are less than 60 nautical miles away.<\/p>\n

“We need to make it to the North Pole by [April 25] or we won’t make it,” Fish wrote in the expedition blog<\/a>, part of the educational and fundraising outreach of the expedition.<\/p>\n

“John and I…have been discussing, making plans and doing everything we have to do so we are ready for the final push, which we are now doing.”<\/p>\n