Handheld Dispatches From (Towards) The North Pole

David D'Angelo writes: "Thomas and Tina Sjogren have take the IPAQ to a new level. You may have read about them on Slashdot in February as they successfully made it to the South Pole. After that they recuperated for two weeks and have been skiing towards the North Pole for over two months and publishing daily dispatches with pictures straight to the web with the help of a Compaq IPAQ and an Iridium Sat phone. They are currently using their backup system as Tina fell through the ice into Arctic waters and damaged one IPAQ. The IPAQs are 3870s with Ericsson Bluetooth technology built in. This communication package is the only system of its type out there. Despite failing upon being submersed, the first unit was able to withstand temperatures well below -30 degrees Centigrade. Check them out as they are now skiing over 10 hours racing the melting ice to the Pole."

Comments

Bah. Newtons were doing this in 1997.

[CrezzyMan]

Chris Bonington took a Newton 130, an Agfa ePhoto 307 camera, and a satellite uplink up a Tibetan mountain in 1997:

http://www.bonington.com/piclib/life_5.htm

The team uploaded photos and text reports to the website using some custom Newton software. And all that was on a 20Mhz ARM 610.