Originally Posted by
N649WM
Digits,
A friend of mine alerted me about your post.
In July of 2010, I piloted a SEL aircraft, a Cessna 350, over the geographic north pole.
My departure point was Resolute Bay (CYRB). It's 1,000 nm from the pole. I equipped my plane with a 100 gallon ferry tank from TurtlePac in Australia. I also had a life raft, a GPS Tracker (a Winnipeg Company) and a sat phone on board.
My return trip included a stop in Eureka (CYEU) which is 600 nm from the North Pole. It's a fantastic stop! A weather station is located there at 80 degrees north. John and his crew are very hospitable.
My insurance also includes Canada, but my 2,000 mile round trip into international territory was added at a cost of $1,000, with a 30% deductible.
An outfit called Global Rescue out of Boston was hired for backup rescue. They charged about $300.
Please pm me and I'd me happy to discuss my journey.
Wayne R. Maynard
Wayne Maynard
Congratulations on a demanding but no doubt exciting flight. It is no joke even in a tricked out $600,000 high end tourer like the Cessna 350. Over the years I have had a few PPL's approach me to discuss similar ideas for very high latitude flights. The one thing they all were very surprised about was the high costs when operating in the far North. I think it would be valuable to the pprune readership if you could provide an estimate of the total costs of the trip including necessary aircraft modifications, fuel and hotel costs, ground service fees etc