Ngenkathi imboni yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ibona ukwehla, indawo eyodwa ayikaze ibe matasatasa - iNorth Pole.
“Njengoba kulo nyaka wekhulunyaka wokutholwa kukaRobert F. Peary eNorth Pole, kuhlangene nokwesaba ukuthi ukufudumala kwembulunga kungase kushintshe ngokushesha izifunda zase-arctic, kuwunyaka omatasa kakhulu kithi,” kusho uRick Sweitzer, umsunguli we-Northwest. I-Passage PolarExplorers ofike e-Pole ngokwakhe izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili.
USweitzer wanezela: “Kodwa nakuba lolu kuwuhambo olubizayo, akulona neze uhambo oluwubukhazikhazi. Abahlanganyeli babhekene nokunye kokuswela okufanayo okwenza amaqhawe kaPeary kanye nenceku yakhe yase-Afrika-yaseMelika, uMatthew Henson. Kuningi futhi okuthakaselwayo ku-Henson kanye nalokho akuzuzile kulo nyaka - ngesikhathi sakhe, impumelelo yakhe yayimangalisa njengekaBarack Obama.”
Inkampani ka-Sweitzer's Chicago-based adventure travel, PolarExplorers/Northwest Passage iqondisa uhambo olugcwele olusuka e-Ward Hunt Island e-Ellesmere Island kuya esigxotsheni esihamba ngo-March 2, 2009. Isuka endaweni yokuqala eduze kakhulu nalapho uPeary ashiye khona, izihambi ezidumile. , uStuart Smith, wase-Waco Texas kanye no-Max Chaya wase-Beirut, e-Lebanon, bazoqondiswa u-Lonnie Dupree we-PolarExplorer, inganekwane yase-arctic uqobo.
Inkampani yaseChicago ithe ihlinzeka ngohambo oluhlukahlukene kulo nyaka, kodwa yengeza ngokuthi uhambo lwezinsuku ezingu-60 olungaphezu kwamamayela angu-420 olwandle lwe-arctic "lunzima kakhulu futhi luyisimangaliso ohambweni lwe-PolarExplorers kule sizini."
Ngokuvumelana ne-PolarExplorers/Northwest Passage, i-Sweitzer izobe iqondisa amalungu angama-20 e-Young Presidents Organisation, iqembu labaphathi ezimbonini ezweni lonke. “Laba bantu bamele ezinye zezinto ezihamba phambili nezikhanya kakhulu esizukulwaneni esilandelayo sokuqondisa kwebhizinisi. Abaningi babo sebeneminyaka belulindele lolu hambo – futhi, uma ngingagwegwesi, uma kubhekwa izinselelo ezizayo, ukuzethemba nekhono abalizuzayo kulolu hambo olumangalisayo kungabasiza ezikhathini ezizayo,” kusho uSweitzer.
Ingabe uhambo lokushushuluza nezinja luyizindleko eziphusile onyakeni wokuwohloka komnotho? USweitzer uthe: “Njengoba ngingafakazela ngokwami, ukuya eNorth Pole kuyakushintsha. Ukufika phezulu emhlabeni ngemizamo yakho kukusiza ukuthi ukholwe ukuthi kungenzeka noma yini ngokuhlela, ukuhlela, nokuzimisela komuntu siqu. Icija uhlobo oluhlukile lokunaka kuyo yonke into ekuzungezile – futhi lokho kuhle kubaholi bamabhizinisi njengoba kunjalo nakubantu abakhethekile.”
U-Sweitzer, uDupre, no-Aggens bathi bazohlinzeka ngomsindo wansuku zonke nezithombe ezivela kulo lonke uhambo lwe-PolarExplorers oluzothunyelwa kuwebhusayithi ye-PolarExplorers ku-http://polarexplorers.com.
