Getting to the North Pole in a hot air balloon seems like a wonderful notion. French explorer Jean Louis Etienne, who is also a doctor, has started on his arctic adventure, where he wants to go solo over the North Pole. He started his journey from Spitsbergen in Norway amid good weather and low winds as well as pretty warm temperature. It seems as if the exploration had the blessings of the elements that went along with it. This is something that Jean has been dreaming of, and also preparing for years. He has been to the North Pole earlier, but getting up on a hot air balloon and making a solo trip all the way there is a different ball game altogether. In 1986 he has spend 63 days on ice and he has gone to the North Pole on foot which his sled, alone and in 2002 he had drifted alone in the Arctic Ocean for 4 months taking scientific readings.

There are some people like Jean who specialize in taking the road less taken and who make their mark on the adventure travel circuit. These are the real heroes who are celebrated and all so inimitable in any age.

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