Curtis Lieber:
President of Global Expedition Adventures, Inc..
and Lead Expert Guide for North Pole expeditions.
April 10-28,1997 Participated the first
American Expedition team to fly the first Hot Air Balloon over the North
Pole, via Siberia.
February,1998 Participated and helped
organize the successful Expedition to the Deep amazoneRiver Region to
airlift medical supplies the the Yanomami Indians. This was the first
visitation to the Yanomami Indians by any group of white people, in over
20 years, and was set to save the tribe from a malaria and cholera
epidemic that had been decimating the tribe. The Expedition was required
hike many miles into the rain forest from the nearest landing strip.
April, 1998: Participated in the "Balloon
over the Pole" Expedition in which the first woman flew over the North
Pole.
April, 1999: Organized the
"American-Russian Expedition" to the North Pole which also included 7
youngsters to the North Pole.
December, 1999/February, 2000: Organized
the "Team Sockeyes" Expedition to the South Pole. This became the first
unassisted land crossing of Antarctica from the continent Peninsula near
the Ronne Ice Shelf to the South Pole and back using Russian prototype
vehicles. See this South Pole
Expedition exhibit here.
April, 2000: Organized the North Pole
Expedition that included the consulting and logistics for the first
"Republic of China Expedition to the North Pole". This expedition also
placed the flag of Hong Kong on the North Pole.
April, 2001: Organized the largest North
Pole Expedition that included 12 skiers that skied the "Last Degree to
the Pole", as well as organized the promotional considerations with
North Pole Productions for the "North Pole Hot Air Balloon Rally, in
which several balloons flew over the North Pole and were filmed for a
documentary. Global Expedition Adventures, Inc. was responsible for
placing the first Philippine flag on the North Pole.
See this 2001 North Pole
Expedition Exhibit here.
April, 2002: Organized the "First North Pole
Marathon"....a 26.2 mile classic runners marathon at the Exact
Geographic North Pole. And on April 11, 2002 the North Pole Marathon was
run!! 12 runners from all over the world participated in this event of
the Century......Also, Curtis organized two ski expeditions, one
skydiving event, and 24 "Polar Explorers" were taken to the North Pole
that year by this "Seasoned North Pole Organizer".
See this 2002 North Pole
Expedition Exhibit here.
April 2003: Curtis again organized skydivers
from all around the world, and 14 other tourists, and was responsible
for safely determining the precise logistics that allowed for every
participant to reach the Exact Geographic North Pole, and return safely
back to their respective Homelands.
See this 2003 North Pole
Expedition Exhibit here.
April, 2004; Curtis celebrated his 10th year at
organizing logistics, and transportation for professional and general
tourist groups at the North Pole. This particular year, Curtis achieved
transportation that led to the first Iranian to reach the North
Pole...showing the world, that the North Pole was a place of PEACE, and
unity of the nations on this Earth.
February 8-24, 2005; Curtis launched an
expedition team to climb the Catabla Glacier, located near Ushuaia,
Argentina. He and his team, reach the highest point of the glacier, and
descended successfully without mishap. This was a technical ice climb.
April, 2005: Lead Administrator for the North
Pole Expedition. For 9 months, Curtis had organized and worked
with the Republic of China, in the preparations of successful logistics
for the Republic of China Ski Team, whom successfully reached the North
Pole on April 24, 2005. Furthermore, Curtis made possible the "2005
Skydiving Celebration" that took place on April 12, 2005. He furthermore
continued in gathering more adventurists to reach the North Pole this
year. See this 2005 North
Pole Expedition Exhibit here.
2005 to 2006; Curtis is currently busy
organizing logistics for an "assault" on the South Pole by ski. He will
of course organize logistics once again for the April, 2006 North Pole
Expeditions, that will include 3 ski teams, 2 separate events of
skydiving, and 4 groups of general tourists to the North Pole.
Jeff Dyrek, Webmaster.
I have worked with Curtis Lieber for many
years now and have found him to be a truly remarkable person who goes
out of his way to make sure that every expedition goes exactly as
planned.
2002 North Pole Expedition Guide through
Siberia.
2003 North Pole Expedition Guide through Norway.
2005 North Pole Expedition Leader through
Norway.
Jeff Dyrek has worked on North Pole Expeditions every year
since 1999. |
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