The Route to the Pole...

The route to the 1996 North Pole runs from the town of Resolute on Cornwallis Island, and runs 350 frozen miles north, across some of the most desolate & hostile landscape on the face of the planet...

The route will be from Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island (74°42'N 94°50'W) in Nunavut, Canada to the last certified position of the Magnetic North Pole in sea ice close to Deer Bay, Ellef Rignes Island (78°35.7'N 104°11.9'W). 

The route in a straight line is approximately 320 nautical miles but given the likely terrain and the limits imposed as to the height of ice rubble that the craft will be able to negotiate the journey is likely to be in the region of 500 miles in each direction.

It is expected that the round trip will take around 9-10 days but this is very much dependent on weather conditions as the hovercraft will not be able to travel in conditions of poor visibility.

The map of the route can be seen below....