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SWEDISH EXPLORER JOHAN ERNST NILSON HEADS WARD HUNT ISLAND ON THE NORTH COAST OF CANADA

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Johan Ernst Nilson Swedish Explorer | Audi Brand Ambassador WHAT : on his Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole Expedition Less than two months after commencing his excursion from the North to South Pole, Swedish Explorer Johan Ernst Nilson has decided to change route! Due to the ice-drift and climate, Johan and his team have been forced west, away from their original route. Determined to push forward, the team has been forced to compensate by increasing their daily work dose, working twelve hours a day! With the onset spring, temperatures have reached approximately -10 Degrees Celsius , causing a lack of ice to the North of Greenland as snow has begun to melt. This is not the first obstacle the team has encountered during the past few weeks! Johan was treated for frost-bites problems , a recurring problem he faced during his 2008 Seven Summits journey . The explorer also fell into the Arctic Ice ! Trying to keep afloat while his skis and boots weighed him down, Johan was eventually d...