Xtremo6000 will make the list of qualifying events leading up to the Adventure Racing World Championship in Spain in October.

The race which will take place February 25-27, will be the first ARWS event to take place in Argentina. The race will take place in northwestern Argentina’s La Rioja province located in the Andes. Race director, Eduardo Caputo promises that “the countryside will be both spectacular and challenging.” The route includes Laguna Brava, an 18 km long lake up in the high Andes at 4200m which is habitat to native flamingos. It will also pass through Talampaya National Park – so unique that it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, known for its unusual dinosaur fossils. Caputo emphasizes that this is a very unique opportunity for a race to be permitted to pass through the park.

There is $13000 USD prize money to be shared between the top 3 Elite teams. The race offers standard AR format in its Elite category (all-male and mixed teams of 4) as well as a “Pro” category and a shorter “Desafío” category, each for teams of 2, 3 or 4 persons.

American Snowboarder and U.S. Olympic team hopeful, Kevin Pearce, was critically injured during a training accident on December 30. The 22-year-old Vermont native was injured on Thursday while preparing for this week’s Olympic Qualifying Events.

Pearce, who was wearing a helmet at the time, hit his head on the ramp while landing and was knocked unconscious. The injury is referred to as a severe traumatic brain injury. He remains in intensive care at the University of Utah hospital.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kevin and his family during this time.

Photo by Cole Barash

After a 3-year absence of such an event in the UK, the ‘adidas TERREX Adventure Race‘ will take place in August of 2010. Teams of 4 will compete in this 4-day non-stop expedition race throughout the Lake District (the North West of England). The dates for the event are August 27-30, 2010. Race registration is £1350 per team. The race will include the core AR disciplines as well as some ‘surprises taking racers to those hidden gems’.

Race entry opens December 15.

We are excited to have another international expedition race being added to the 2010 race calendar. We will keep you posted on more as the information becomes available.

Check out the race website for more info: http://www.adidas-ar.com/index.htm

Image above from the race website

When i first read the tweet this morning from Steve Casmiro, I was in shock. According to the post on The Adventure Life, the magazine will cease operations immediately and the current issue (December/January) will be the last one to be published.

National Geographic released the following statement:
National Geographic is transitioning its Adventure brand from traditional print to a multi-platform model that will include newsstand editions, books, e-magazines, mobile applications and a robust Web site. National Geographic will also continue to honor the world’s great explorers and adventurers with the National Geographic Adventure Awards. “We’re tremendously proud of what John Rasmus and his team have accomplished over the last 10 years,” NG Publishing President John Q. Griffin said in making the announcement. “They have consistently delivered award-winning editorial to an enthusiastic audience of readers and advertisers. But given the current advertising environment and the opportunities we see in emerging digital platforms, we think the time is right to transition the Adventure brand.” Griffin shared the news at a staff meeting in New York today. A total of 17 staffers in New York and Washington are affected.

It seems that the mag’s ad revenues were down (over 40%) this year due to the economic downturn. We hope that Adventure can regroup and remain in some capacity in the digital world.

With the economy still at a historic low, we wanted to discuss ways to get into adventure sports while keeping your budget intact.

Of all the ‘adventure sports’, trail running would have to be the easiest on the wallet. During mild weather, one can just head out the door wearing just about anything. However, if you have ever lived or raced in the south during July or August, it doesn’t take long to figure out that a cotton t-shirt is not quality gear. I don’t remember the last time I bought a cotton t-shirt though they are forever accumulating in my closet from every event in which I compete or volunteer. Cool weather apparel involves a little more of an investment but the dividends will be worth it in the long run and those cotton sweatpants will be a distant memory.

We asked several gear manufacturers to send us some product options for participants who want top quality gear without breaking the bank.

This is what we found:
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How does 43 seconds of video + FaceBook=Patagonia Expedition Race?

Simple.

I posted 43 seconds of Val Chapa after Primal Quest Badlands talking about breaking his bike.At the end I had him spell his name for the video editor. I labeled it “Val Can Still Spell His Name”and posted it to Facebook.

Then there werea bunch of comments like,”good to see you” “how are you” “what do you have planned”. Some where in this mix somebody posts “we’re going to Patagonia”. Then smart ass me says ” need a videographer”? I get a reply from Robert Finley “mmm…Maybe’

Cut to a couple of days later. I get an email from Robert. Does Paulette want to go to Patagonia in February with them? Duh!!

Now a little back story. Paulette started Team South Dakota to do Primal Quest Badlands. For a lot of reasons She drop off the Team in June. Don Mann and Chris Caul said keep training, there is always a team that needs a last minute replacement. Since we live in the Black Hills she was the perfect person to be a replacement. We heard from 3 teams leading up to the race and they all found somebody before Paulette could say yes.It was a real roller coaster.

One week before the race we got an email from Team Semper Fi. They needed a women. Paulette said yes. She met the guys Tuesday before the race. They didn’t finish the race, but it was a good experience that left Paulette wanting more. So when She first started talking with Robert it was with the attitude this will be cool but…
It took one week of email and phone calls before Robert was sending the registration,looking for flights,everybody checking on what gear they have and what they need to get.

It seems to be just the right amount of time to get ready,long enough to get everything done, but short enough not to have to much worry time.

The focus of this Posting will be how the Team gets ready to do the race. They are spread out. Nevada,East Coast, South Dakota. The good news Paulette and I will be in Vegas twice. She will be able to train with Robert and Druce,and do one of the Desert Winds Series races before Patagonia.

No when it is all said and done I won’t be able to go. I will be shooting and producing the DVDs for Desert Winds and some video post of the team training.

What do you expect for 43 seconds?

We wanted to interview some of the sponsored teams heading to this year’s Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge (ADAC) next month. We caught up with Lisa de Speville and she shared with us a little about her team that she selected via an application process.

Who will make up the team for this year’s event?

Lisa de Speville (33) – the owner and editor of South Africa’s adventure racing website, www.AR.co.za. Her day job is in public relations and media. She has 10 years of adventure racing and ultradistance running to her credit; she is strongest on foot and competent in other disciplines.
Christo Viljoen (33) – he’s a future trader by day and a bass player in a local band by night. He’s an all-round athlete, strongest on foot, with many years of multiday adventure racing experience.
Alex Pope (21) – a 4th year electrical engineering student, he is one of South Africa’s top orienteers and has represented his country internationally at championship events. He has a lot of experience in short 2hr to one day events; this will be his longest race.
Francois Jooste (20) – a 3rd year mechanical engineering student, he is an accomplished mountain biker. He has been doing 24hr mountain bike races for years and he got into adventure racing through the schools league.

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Sportsister: A new sports magazine for women recently popped up in the U.K. and features a great website with everything from training tips to news and gear reviews.

Here is an excerpt from their “Guide to Adventure Racing“:

Adventure racing is essentially a multi-sport race, involving a minimum of trail running and mountain biking and also usually flatwater canoeing or kayaking.

Any number of additional activities can be involved, depending on the individual race format, with races sometimes including zip wires, abseils, canyoning, via ferratas, inline skating or rafting, and sometimes even more esoteric challenges.
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Monavie-Cannondale team worked their way up the volcanoes on Stage 3. Tinker Juarez did an outstanding climb towards the Irazú Volcano, he ascended like it was his last climb.

Jeremiah Bishop followed Juarez with a gap of close to 3 minutes along with Deiber Esquivel and Marc Trayter, both trying to break the trio apart and move upfront on the hunt for Tinker.

Manuel Prado fell back throughout the climb, he mentioned that this was nit his day and thanked the outstanding labor of his teammate Benjamin Bostrom did to give Prado enough leverage to make it to the finish line and stick to his overall leadership of the race.

The Irazú and Turrialba Volcanoes, both covered with clouds, greeted racers with a cold and wet passage through the surrounding forests. Abandoned roads of rocky terrains at an angle inviting racers to fly head first down the slopes towards the town of Turrialba hosted a cold and extremely technical route.

Costa Rica’s Adriana Rojas continues ahead of the pack of women. A solid display of technical skills and strength in the past 3 stages could get her in the 1st place in the podium on the last stage tomorrow.

Stage 4 is composed of 121 kilometers of dirt roads, defying climbs and an eternal railroad segment that will lead racers to the Caribbean coast, north of the port of Moín, Limón. Racers will ride a final 12 kilometers of marshy, abandoned roads parallel to the coast.

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Men’s Stage Results:

1. Deiber Esquivel – 03:53:01

2. Benjamin Sontaag – 04:01:33

3. Alex Grant – 04:01:34

Women’s Stage Results:

1. Louise Kobin – 04:58:30

2. Adriana Rojas – 05:01:50

3. Emma Smith – 06:11:12

Photography Credits – J. Andrés Vargas

via Press Release

The Estoril Portugal XPD Race has already covered two thirds out of the 900 Kms track, and teams are having to make major strategic decisions. Title holders are having a hard time keeping up with the the leaders. Tonight’s paddle in Castelo do Bode dam may be decisive.

Casualties have not been significant, taking into account the 600Kms that teams have already covered, in a track that is traversing the centre of the country until Saturday. So far, only nine out of the 59 teams that came from 25 different countries to take on this adventure have withdrawn.

After charging through the highlands, teams have come down to the Geodesic Centre of Portugal and they shall be passing through Vila de Rei within the next few hours. Before that, the track – which has alternated trekking sections with long mountain bike hauls – passed through some of the most remarkable landmarks of the North-East Alentejo. This competition is ultimately playing an important role on promoting tourism, by placing mandatory checkpoints in destinations like Castelo de Vide and Marvão.

North-American Team Nike/Beaver Creek are still leading the pack, but a number of other teams are also very well placed to fight for victory – a very demanding paddling section is expected to occur tonight in Castelo do Bode dam. Title holders, Team OrionHealth from New-Zealand, are in fourth place surprised by this Estoril Portugal XPD Race’s track. Team leader Wayne Oxenham explains; “The track is very rough and it’s impossible to collect all the checkpoints and that has somewhat disturbed our strategy”.

Out of the Portuguese and after the withdrawal of Team Aldeias do Xisto, there are still four teams racing. Team Extreme Challenger/IGeoE is 12th and keeps high hopes for a good final result; leader José Marques prefers not to unveil their objective; “We are following our strategy and it’s working out fine. We have only slept for a couple of hours since Sunday but feeling well enough to keep the pace and fight for a good final position.”

Photos by Paulo Calisto

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One of La Ruta’s strongest ascents was ridden today nearly one and a half kilometers after the start of the stage, a wall that took riders from 800 meters up to 1400 meters above sea level within 8 kilometers.

Top racers showed their world-class level making the first ascent seem like a ride in the park although several elite riders paid the price of a rapid pace and a grueling push to the top. Such was the case of Ben Sonntag when at a mere 100 meters from reaching the top of the mountain his chain sunk within the depths of his rear cassette.

Paolo Montoya from team Giant-Italy who was near the scene as a spectator (due to recent injury), mentioned that Ben held a top-five position when the chain got jammed in the cassette. He lost over twenty minutes and more than half an entire participant list, yet he managed to make it into 10th position.

Costa Rica’s Deiber Esquivel in Stage 2 did another amazing comeback from previous hardware malfunction. After finishing in 13th position on Stage 1 Esquivel came in 1st on today’s stage, 30 seconds before Manuel Prado who still holds 1st place in the general standings.

Deiber is the only elite racer from team Economy-Citi-Blue. The Costa Rican Cycling Federation threatened with upcoming event disqualifications to those elite local riders that would participate in La Ruta. The event, considered too far on the adventure racing side of the fence for UCI’s regulations 3 years ago is amidst allegations from the local cycling federation which claims La Ruta must pay honoraries and percentages for purposes unclear to this day.

Both Esquivel and Prado would be subject to sanctions yet have clearly stated that their main goal throughout the season has been to prepare for La Ruta and are willing to undergo penalties to represent their country and teams.

Monavie-Cannondale’s Tinker Juarez was not able to finish the stage when finding himself lost on an abandoned road for over an hour, immediately followed by an unfortunate flat tire which set him down to a car ride from his nearby location.

“It’s truly unfortunate, but these things happen…” said Tinker, he will continue unranked and keeps a signature smile on his face, always available for a photograph with his loyal fans.

Tomorrow awaits one of the toughest stages of the race, the climb to Irazú and Turrialba volcanoes, reaching a height of close to 3400 meters above sea level.

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Men’s Stage Results:

1. Deiber Esquivel – 03:45:27

2. Manuel Prado – 03:45::58

3. Marc Trayter – 03:46:02

Women’s Stage Results:

1. Louise Kobin – 04:42:34

2. Adriana Rojas – 04:44:52

3. Yesennia Villalta – 06:23:30

Photography Credits – J. Andrés Vargas

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A total distance of 108 kilometers were ridden today by 225 racers from 17 different countries in a terrain as defying as the untamed tropics can hide deep within its foliage.

An early lead out of the Carara National Park by three-time Vuelta a España winner Roberto Heras, one of the favorites for the race, was short-lived when apparently a beverage he drank the night before affected his stomach.

Manuel Prado from Costa Rica, Heinz Soerweg from Austria and Marc Trayter from Spain initiated a rapid ascent towards the Central Valley, leaving behind Roberto Heras and Milton Ramos from Spain, the compact group of five that had made it out of the mud bath in Carara first.

The steady, grueling pace at which Manuel and Heinz where cruising by was enough to get them to the finish line with a difference of one second from each other. Manuel wins his first La Ruta stage ever, stage which he dedicates to his brother who passed away three years ago.

The Spaniard Marc Trayter came in third and showed an amazing performance that was applauded by everyone.

Team Monavie-Cannondale’s Jeremiah Bishop reappears at La Ruta to fight for a title. Bishop he believes he craved the title too bad in 2007 when he had an unfortunate accident back in 2007 which sent him to the hospital during Stage 3 and says, “a boxer that fights with anger will lose, a boxer that fights with tactic will most likely win…” Continue Reading

This was the 3rd day of the competition and the harshness of the mountains has already caused the first casualties in the Estoril Portugal XPD Race, forcing 7 teams – out of the 59 that started – to abandon the race. Title holders – New Zealand’s “Orion Health” – are still well placed in front, closely followed by the North-American “Nike/Beaver Creek”.

Racing into the depth of the Portuguese highlands, the 3rd day of the adventure racing world championship – Estoril Portugal XPD Race – has taken charge of enforcing natural selection among the 59 teams that came from 25 different nations for the competition.

Through hills up high and valleys down low, teams went through the Lousã, Açor and Estrela mountain ranges on a stage that was done mostly on foot and mountain bike. News on the first casualties in the caravan came in the early hours of the day; Team Finland, one of the favourite teams, were forced to quit due to one of their members injured foot. Team leader Tommi Putkuri said “I still can’t believe we stepped down from favourites to mere spectators!…”. One of the seven official withdrawals so far, is the Portuguese “Team Ippon”; all other Portuguese teams are still racing.

Positively surprised by the extreme beauty of the landscape and the warmth of the people (there was even a surprise meal waiting for the teams at Fajão last night), the North-American “Nike/Beaver Creek” are taking the lead. Mike Kloser, describes their first three days of the race; “We are impressed with the harshness of the track as we honestly expected to be going faster. For now our strategy is to collect all the checkpoints, but it hasn’t been easy so far.”. World champions (Team Orion Health – New Zealand) are also well positioned in the race and may still be able to revalidate their title.

Photos by Paulo Calisto

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Alex Hibbert, at only 23-years-old, has spent more than 18 weeks unsupported in the Arctic. He recently completed the Trans Greenland Expedition. At 1374 miles, is the longest fully unsupported polar expedition in history. Alex plans to release his first book, The Long Haul in March 2010. We caught up with Alex to ask him about his inspiration and motivation for expeditions around the globe.

What historic expedition do you draw inspiration from?

Alex: The expedition which has always gripped my imagination and held my admiration was the 1995 unsupported journey to and from the North Pole by Richard Weber and Misha Malakhov. The distance and technical difficulty of their expedition was enormous and they kept going despite most ‘experts’ claiming they would fail.

What sparked your passion for ‘adventure’?

I did not grow up in ‘the wild’ and had a fairly conventional upbringing in England. When I turned fifteen I started to discover lots of unusual sports, such as ultra-distance kayaking, and began to read about the polar regions and the mountains. They had me spell-bound and I decided I simply had to get involved. Each mini-adventure I went on then led on to something a bit bigger and it grew from there.

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Leaving the Atlantic coast behind, teams racing for the adventure racing world title have resumed action today deep inside central Portugal’s mountainous region. Estoril Portugal XPD Race has invaded the Schist Villages, aiming at Serra da Estrela. Nordic Teams are leading the pack so far.

After the Estoril coast, Sintra and Cascais, the 59 teams coming from 25 countries, racing for the adventure racing world title, have been regrouped at the Village of Lousã in order to resume action. As of now, there will be no more stops in this unusual competition, with about 900 kilometers to complete within 120 hours.

Proper management of effort as well as that of sleep (or lack of it) and most of all strategy – not to mention physical performance – are the key factors for electing this year’s World Champions.

At the start line, at Lousã’s Castle this morning, all eyes were set on the “Lundhags Adventure” Swedish team – leading the pack after the 1st Stage of this year’s Estoril Portugal XPD Race. Even so, team captain Mattias Nystrom sounded imune to pressure; “I believe we are in the lead due to our vast experience in short races, but we know how little that means. We will have to keep calm and manage our resting times properly in order not to compromise our final objective – Top 5”.

Among the Portuguese teams, a special highlight to “Team Greenland ATV”, who are racing for a cause. Team captain Pedro Roque explains: “We want to dedicate our race to Operação Nariz Vermelho who are playing an extremely relevant role and therefore deserve our total commitment”. Obviously, they started this stage with their clown’s red noses on!

During this day teams evolved mostly on foot and mountain bike, with some intense pauses for a rappel and a surprising cannyoning section, spreading the teams over mountains and valleys approaching the country’s highest mountain. During the night, with increasing navigation difficulties, the cold will also be the enemy that teams must fight.

More info at: www.arwc2009.com

Photos by Paulo Calisto

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I was visiting The Adventure Blog and found the adventure that I would most like to do myself. Why? Because you could do almost every other adventure you wanted to do along the way.

On November 15, Nick Rapp will embark on a road trip around the world. The Trans World Expedition will take Nick approximately one year. According to his map (see image), he will head south from New York City through the southern US towards Mexico and into Central America. Then down through the Andes before having his car transported across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa. From there he will continue up the west coast of Africa on into Europe. Then, he will drive across southern Asia before once again transporting his vehicle shipped across the Pacific Ocean back to the west coast of the US. From there he will make his way back to his starting point in NYC.

Nick’s last day as Art Director for the Associated Press was earlier this week and he plans to take the remaining time before his departure making final preparations to his 1996 Land Cruiser. He has budgeted $46,000 for the one-year road trip. Below is a break down of his budget for the trip including those that have already been spent (i.e. car, upgrades, etc…): Continue Reading

I recently became acquainted with Kevin Shannon who is setting out in March 2010 to ride around the world on his Zero Emissions Odyssey. We are very keen on this idea as we too started AW with the goal of producing a publication with a minimal carbon footprint and to follow and promote human-powered sports and expeditions around the world.

Because It Is There is the brain child of Kevin Shannon, a 23 year old graduate, who, looking to do as most graduates do, to go traveling. Not satisfied with simply hopping on a plane and jetting off to some exotic location for his gap year he was looking for something different. After buying a book from a local charity shop about a man who cycled from London to Beijing, he was inspired. Continue Reading

First-ever autumn icebreaker expedition studying polar bears of the southern Beaufort Sea to reveal how bears are coping in a warming Arctic

For the very first time, researchers are studying of the summering ecology of polar bears of the southern Beaufort Sea who choose to migrate north to the sea ice of the polar basin when the winter ice pack melts, rather than return to the shores of Alaska. Early reports from the icebreaker expedition, which launched September 29th from Barrow, AK and returned November 1st, show warmer than expected weather and thinner than expected ice – conditions potentially detrimental to polar bears says the president of Polar Bears International, Robert Buchanan.

“Polar bears need appropriate ice to hunt and survive. Young, thin ice can break up or disappear in a storm and older ice can actually be too thick for the bears to hunt seals, so this study is providing ground-breaking insight into the changing conditions of this part of the Arctic and the effects on polar bears,” said Buchanan. “PBI is pleased to be part of this critical study, with our photographer Daniel J. Cox working side-by-side researchers to document these polar bears in a habitat never-before seen.”

This is the first time this subpopulation of polar bears has been studied in the summer and autumn, as the distance to the bears is too far out to sea for land/helicopter-based operations. The study is addressing the relative costs and benefits of two different strategies used by the southern Beaufort Sea polar bears when the sea ice retreats into the deep-waters of the polar basin: return to the shores of Alaska, or follow the receding ice pack. The research team from the University of Wyoming, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, are using physiological, behavioral (movements), and environmental metrics to determine the consequences of summer sea ice melt on these polar bears.

The study began in the summer of 2008, with a focus on bears in the southern Beaufort Sea that use land during summer. This year, the study has focused mostly on bears from the same subpopulation that use the pack ice in summer, with eleven bears originally collared in April and May, to be targeted for recapture during this autumn icebreaker work. During the summer and autumn ice minimum these bears were distributed over more than 900 miles of the Arctic Ocean: from 225 miles north of Russia’s Wrangel Island to within 100 miles of Banks Island in Canada.

The ability to study the collared bears up close on this autumn expedition has proven difficult in many cases as the bears were located on thin new ice or on small broken floes where it was not safe to attempt a capture. An intact and stable floe approximately the size of a football field is needed to safely land a helicopter, and sedate and work on a bear. The sea ice has been regionally variable, with newer ice in the northwestern Chukchi Sea and older and thicker ice in the eastern Beaufort Sea. The eastern Beaufort, where the sea ice is exported southward from the Polar basin by the Beaufort Gyre, contained many stable floes of multi-year ice that were thousands of meters to many kilometers across.

“Air temperatures and sea surface temperatures have averaged approximately -4˚C and 0 (25°F and 32°F), respectively. At these temperatures sea ice formation is slow. A high wind event early in the cruise, and another just recently, with winds between 30-40 knots, generated large ocean swells that have stymied the expansion of the autumn freeze,” said George Durner, U.S. Geological Survey.

“During the first weeks of October while we worked in the northwestern Chukchi Sea, thin new and young ice where many polar bears were observed was later turned into a vast region of slush and large broken floes that were being churned by ocean swells. It was difficult to imagine how even polar bears could negotiate this environment,” said Durner.

The radio telemetry data shows that many collared bears have responded by traveling deeper into the pack ice. Presently, the pack ice edge is still approximately 75 miles north of the Alaska coast (visually estimated from AMSRE imagery).

The icebreaker has allowed researchers a first-hand glimpse of the behavior of polar bears in their sea ice world.

“Several times during this cruise we have been fortunate to observe from afar, polar bears as they travel about in their remote summer home. Most of these bear appeared oblivious to the passing of the ship. Others take notice and sometimes approach, to the thrill of the scientists and crew aboard the Polar Sea,” said Durner.

The icebreaker team has managed to capture several of the target bears. Each recapture provides a treasure trove of data that has never before been available to scientists who study free-ranging polar bears. Linear body measurements and body weight are recorded. Measures are taken to estimate the amount of body fat in each bear. Blood samples and breath samples are collected and analyzed to provide information on blood chemistry and cellular composition. These samples provide insight on whether bears have recently fed and if their energy source is from a recent meal or if they are metabolizing their own body fat. Some bears were instrumented with a body temperature logger, an activity monitor, and a GPS radio collar. Core-body temperature data will provide information on energetics while activity monitors and GPS data give insight on how polar bears respond to their environment. This information, to be released in full at the conclusion of the study, will allow scientists to better understand the response of polar bear populations to a changing Arctic.

The icebreaker research is being conducted by a team from the University of Wyoming, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, with funding from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Polar Bears International.

Polar Bears International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of polar bears and their Arctic habitat through research and education. www.polarbearsinternational.org

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In Primal Quest Badlands Web Episode 3, racers head up Butcher Gulch. For more videos, check out http://legendaryrandyericksenfilms.wikispaces.com/

The October numbers are available for the USARA National Rankings.

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November 2, 2009

TEAM NAME/ POINTS
1. Alpine Shop 328.00
2. TeamSOG 310.00
3. WEDALI 300.00
4. Bushwhacker 234.00
5. Berlin Bike 221.00
6. Eastern Mountain Sports 211.00
7. HTO\Trakkers 184.00
8. Green Paw Adventure Sports/SAL Miami 176.00
9. Team Granite AR 169.00
10. Checkpoint Zero/Inov-8 152.00