[ Media Center ] Press Releases and Media Kit Welcome to the WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 Media Center. Below you'll find links to the latest press releases. Links to your right will provide access to all press releases, articles, broadcast, logo and image files, plus further information on World Wide Learn. May 19, 2004 American Solo North Pole Explorer Returns Home Oakland, Calif. - May 19, 2004 - Fresh from his world record-setting North Pole expedition, adventure athlete/explorer Wave Vidmar has returned home to the San Francisco Bay Area. He's limping and his face continues to heal after the extensive frost-nip he endured, but he's even more resolved in his quest to visit both poles this year. View full release here March 10, 2004 World Wide Learn Partners With Global SchoolNet Foundation to Bring WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 Into Classrooms Calgary, Alberta - March 10, 2004 - World Wide Learn, provider of the world's largest directory of e-learning courses and online education resources, today announced it has partnered with Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) to enable children from around the world to follow Wave Vidmar live on his expedition to the North Pole. GSN is a non-profit international network of 70,000+ online educators who engage in online project-based learning activities. View full release here February 9, 2004 Alaskan Arctic Ocean is Last Stop For American Athlete Prior to Launching WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 Oakland, California - February 9, 2004 - Wave Vidmar, lifelong adventurer and athlete, is just days away from leaving San Francisco International Airport and heading for Russia to launch his WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 expedition. (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/northpole). His historic quest-to walk, ski and swim over 660 miles across the constantly moving Polar ice is especially notable because Vidmar plans to pull off this tremendously difficult trek alone and without assistance and support. At the completion of his approximately 60-day expedition, Vidmar will become the first American ever to attempt and accomplish this extremely challenging feat, the third person ever to attain this goal, and the second person to reach the North Pole from the Russian side. View full release here January 21, 2004 Athlete Pigs Out On Pizza, Cheeseburgers in Preparation to Become the First American to Reach the Geographic North Pole - Solo and Unsupported Calgary, Alberta And Oakland, Calif. - January 21, 2004 - As Americans across the country struggle to keep their New Year's resolutions to shed unwanted pounds, lifelong adventurer and athlete Wave Vidmar is gorging himself to add bulk to his slender frame. And while he may be training hard, it's not just muscle he's after. He's going for good old artery-clogging fat - and lots of it. This rather unhealthy endeavor is part of Vidmar's intense training program, and key to his survival as he launches WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/northpole) in February. View full release here December 4, 2003 World Wide Learn Sponsors First American's Solo, Unsupported Trek To Geographic North Pole Calgary, Alberta And Oakland, Calif. - World Wide Learn, provider of the world's largest directory of e-learning courses and online education resources, and Wave Vidmar, life-long adventurist and athlete, today announced that World Wide Learn has been named key sponsor of WorldWideLearn.com North Pole Solo 2004 (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/northpole). North Pole Solo is Vidmar's personal quest to reach the geographic North Pole - solo and unsupported. View full release here September 30, 2003 Training for the North Pole, in Sunny California Training for a North Pole Expedition in California? Beginning late February 2004, Wave Vidmar will walk, ski, and swim over 600 miles across the frozen arctic ice from Russia to the geographic North Pole. This is an extremely difficult expedition for many reasons: the distance to be covered across broken and floating sea ice; the amount and weight of provisions that must be dragged; constant threat from Polar bears, and then there's the overbearing element - the frigid temperatures. View full release here August 28, 2003 American Plans First U.S. Solo and Unsupported Trek to North Pole Oakland, CA - Wave VIDMAR made his formal announcement today of his bid to become the first American to reach the geographic North Pole - solo and unsupported. When Vidmar reaches the North Pole he will be the third person in history to accomplish this feat, and the second person ever to reach the Pole from the Russian side. View full release here June 21, 2003 Man races Camels, prepares for North Pole Benicia, CA - On Saturday, June 21, 2003 soon-to-be polar explorer Wave Vidmar will race in the 6th Annual Benicia Camel Races sponsored by the Benicia Historical Society in Benicia, California. Vidmar will race camels side-by-side in elimination races, vying for the winner's title. View full release here For additional information please contact Tim Cox of Zing Public Relations at (650) 369-7784

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