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Hilde Aass

Master of Science in Engineering Cybernetics - climber and long walks
“Norway from North to South”, aprox. 2700 km, 86 days, alone (2008)
“Norway from East to West” (Oslo-Bergen), alone (2005)
Mountaineering and climbing in South-America, Asia, USA and Europe
Ski season in Canada (2002) and France (2005)

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Rune Gjeldnes,
Polar Explorer and ex-Navy Seal

In 2006 he crossed Antarctica alone and without re-supplies. The longest skitrip ever, with it’s 4804 km in 90 days.
In 2000, he became together with Torry Larsen, the first and only who have crossed the Arctic Ocean, from the Siberia via the North Pole to Canada, without re-supplies during 109 days.
In 1996, he became together with Torry Larsen, the first and only who have crossed Greenland lengthways, from the Southern tip to the Northern tip without re-supplies.

This makes him to the first person to have crossed both Poles without re-supplies, and also the three biggest ice areas on Earth.

In 2005 he was the leader of the Amundsen Team in the film reconstruction of Amundsen and Scott race for the South Pole. The 6 hours programs have been shown on BBC, History Channel and others. The history repeated it’s self.

He is an author with his own publishing company, and in total participated in seven expedition books. The last one; “Beyond the Poles”. Also works as a photographer and film photographer, and has participated in 11 film productions from his adventure life.

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