Japanese adventurer to start for solo trek to North Pole

Japanese adventurer to start for solo trek to North Pole

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yasunaga Ogita poses in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2012. In March 2012, Ogita plans to begin an unassisted solo trek of about 800 kilometers across Arctic ice from Ward Hunt Island in northern Canada to the North Pole.

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