The World - News from May 15, 1989

Eight explorers reached the North Pole after 600 miles on skis, but an expedition spokeswoman said the team could be in peril because of thin ice and low visibility. “They’ve reached the pole,” Tracy Carpenter of the Icewalk Expedition said in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. “Now the next job is getting them out. The visibility is bad and the ice is rough and thin.” She said there was concern about when a Twin Otter aircraft could reach the explorers. The eight-member team, led by British adventurer Robert Swan, is seeking to draw attention to global pollution but has run into rougher conditions than expected.