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Russian North Pole Tourism  

A Russian company will bring tourists to stay at a huge camp near the North Pole. € 10,000 for a 3-day stay:

Currently, the “Barneo” camp located [on] drifting ice flow close to the North Pole point has a 500 people capacity in the period April-May. From next year, the camp will be extended to handle up to 3000 (!?!?!) people.

My God, this is turning into a bigger farce than Mount Everest.

In a related story maybe they won’t be able to stay very long anyway:

The North Pole is at the moment covered only by one-year old ice, all of which will melt in the course of summer.

» Posted: Monday, April 14, 2008
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