Arctic Solo 2006 – an attempt"Arctic Solo 2006": Crossing the Arctic Ocean from Siberia via the North Pole to Canada. A distance of 1800km as the crow flies on foot – alone, without any outside support or depots of material. With temperatures down to -55 centigrades and hazards such as polar bears and open water leads. Thomas Ulrich had made preparations for two years, planning to cover the distance on skis within 100 days. On March 18, 2006 he set off from Cape Arctichesky in Northern Siberia heading for the Arctic icefields, but after a day he got stuck on thin ice surrounded by water. There he was caught in a storm which destroyed the ice underneath and forced him to break off the expedition and call for a rescue helicopter during the night from the 11th to the 12th of March. "Arctic Solo 2006" was the attempt of an adventure which was more adventurous than any other of Thomas’ previous expeditions.
