How it all started

It must have been somewhere in November 2007. I was sitting in a wine restaurant, dining with a bunch of good friends, when one of them came up with the idea of going on an expedition to the North Pole. He already had contact with an expedition leader and was looking for people that were interested in joining him on this extraordinary journey. Being quite adventurous - and and that time not knowing what it really meant - I told him I was interested in doing such a thing. Before I knew, I was on a list of "potential expeditionists", not aware of how cold it could be, potential dangers of polar bears, and even not knowing the route that we would take... Totally unaware of what I really committed myself to.