TEAM POLAR 2000 (HQ LAND COMMAND TAPE) [Allocated Title]

Land Command footage of the Team Polar 2000 expedition, the attempt by two Royal Marine commandos, Corporal Alan Chambers and Marine Charlie Paton, to reach the geographical North Pole without support.

Shots of the Team Polar members pulling their sledges across the ice (probably during the training sessions at Resolute Bay, North West Territories, Canada. Setting up tents: inside, they cook a meal on a portable stove. General views of tents. Discussion of watch lent by Breitling which contains an emergency satellite navigation beacon. More views of walkers, including shot of them posing with the Union flag in front of sled. Individual interviews with Alan Chambers and Charlie Paton (beards and eyelashes encrusted with ice) describing their experiences (possibly after the successful Polar attempt): Alan reports that it's been "a long hard slog".

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