First-mate Stein Simenstad steers a zodiac to shore carrying skiers Philip Tavell (L) and Aurￃﾩlien Ducroz. The skiers were embarked on a ski-sailing expedition in Svalbard, Norway, where they and a small group of other athletes climbed and skied numerous first-descents around the archipelago, which lies a mere 600 miles from the North Pole.
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Semi-Self Portrait: the feet and legs of photographer Alex Witkowicz wrap around the mast of the Arctica II - a steel hull ship that was stuck in an ice flow a mere 600 miles from the North Pole in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Below are skiers Aurￃﾩlien Ducroz, Philip Tavell and Andrew Eisenstark; the group was part of a ski-sailing expedition, making numerous first descents on anonymous peaks.