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  1. A sad day today - my (Harriet) final day in The Polar Front office....:( From the Arctic to Asia - here I go! 1:46 AM Aug 26th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  2. You might enjoy this radar pic from one of our previous failed attempts into ScoresbySund! yfrog.com/kgdajfcj 6:39 AM Aug 24th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  3. Hoorah- yacht Polar Bear has finally made it! Awaiting the next group at Constable Point! All in good spirits! bit.ly/lHML5O #arctic 2:37 AM Aug 20th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  4. @Imfullofideas PB returns 11th Sept.A frustrating few wks w worst ice conditions off East Greenland coast in 45 yrs-scenery now AMAZING!! 8:02 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to Imfullofideas
  5. @Imfullofideas Hi there - Mark is on the boat - I will pass on your message! 4:44 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to Imfullofideas
  6. So far so good-cruising along incredible coastline of Knud Rasmussen Land!Negotiating icebergs,but ScoresbySund looks ever more achievable!! 3:59 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  7. Sad sad news of a polar bear attack in Svalbard - BSES expedition. http://bbc.in/rkYcJs 5:47 AM Aug 5th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  8. Today Polar Bear leaves Iceland for the Denmark Straits and into East Greenland! Look out icepack-here we come! #Arcticsailing 5:16 AM Jul 28th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  9. 'Ittoqqortoormiit' photo highlights our challenges !We should be in that ice-chocked fjord!http://yfrog.com/kjqt6oj 7:43 AM Jul 26th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  10. Have you been following us whilst the team out of office?Polar Bear enjoying north coast of Iceland-JEALOUS shore team http://bit.ly/lHML5O 7:36 AM Jul 21st, 2011 via TweetDeck
  11. Sticky busy London or sunny breezy deck of yacht Polar Bear?I know where I'd prefer to be...!Would you like to come too?http://bit.ly/mJ1GRD 10:02 AM Jun 27th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  12. @STVEdinburgh @Al_Humphreys It was an awesome #NightofAdventure-so pleased it raised as much as it did!Where next to launch this event?? 8:39 AM Jun 22nd, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to STVEdinburgh
  13. Crew prepping once again for next trip:a week sea-kayaking amongst the Lofoten Islands!Polar Bear loves mothershipping for trips like these! 4:25 AM Jun 16th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  14. @leepeyton Massively so - such a novel and brilliant concept! Have had some good adventurous dreams since then too! #NightofAdventure 4:06 AM Jun 16th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to leepeyton
  15. @leepeyton They are so bizarre looking they can only do good things! Have a good one! 3:59 AM Jun 16th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to leepeyton
  16. Yacht Polar Bear arrived safely into Bodo - welcomed by a pod of playful dolphins AND a pod of pilot whales... #jealous #wildlife #sailing 3:42 AM Jun 14th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  17. Wow - whilst we've been whiling away our weekends - Polar Bear has been making good progress! Nearly into Bodo! http://bit.ly/lHML5O 7:52 AM Jun 13th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  18. @Al_Humphreys See you there!The rest of the Polar Bear crew are pretty dark to be missing it-offshore!http://bit.ly/lHML5O #NightofAdventure 2:42 AM Jun 13th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  19. Polar Bear crew busy with final preps in Lerwick this morning.Follow the next leg as we set off for northern Norway!http://bit.ly/lHML5O 2:49 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via TweetDeck