ARTICLES IN THE OTTAWA CITIZEN - Reporter Alison Korn has joined the women of Polar Trek 2001 as a participant. Below are links to articles by her and about her that have appeared in the newspaper:

• Dispatch 4: Feeling low at the top of the world - (Alison Korn - 4-12-01) - Dealing with the disorientation of continuous sunlight and the unending ice of Arctic terrain.
• Stuck in a tiny town of polar trekkers - (Alison Korn - 4-10-01) - Flight delays leave the team in Khatanga.
• Polar Trek 2001 - (Alison Korn - 4-9-01) - Today marks the beginning of the real thing.
• Military outpost turns into unlikely resort - (Tom Spears - 4-9-01) - Ice Station Borneo is an ideal jumping-off point for polar adventures.
• We're off to the Arctic - three days early - (Alison Korn - 4-8-01) - Concern about flights to Ice Station Borneo short-circuit the planned three days of rest and acclimating to the cold.
• The last vestiges of comfort - (Alison Korn - 4-5-01) - So far the women's polar ski team has learned Russian driving is scary and the toilets unreliable.
• Last-minute withdrawals trim trekkers to 12 - (Alison Korn - 4-3-01) - The flurry of last-minute errands and changes culminate in a hectic departure for the big adventure.
• Female trekkers hope to inspire, educate - (Alison Korn - 3-20-01) - The trekkers produce the interactive online curriculum for middle-schoolers and others who want to learn more about the Arctic environment, its geography, people and culture, as well as evironmental science and math.
• Training to live high on the hog - (Alison Korn - 3-27-01) - Porksicles? Smoked pig bellies help provide the trekkers the nourishment they will need to stay nourished while burning thousands of calories a day on their trip.
• Women on Their Way to the Top of the World - (Alison Korn - 3-27-01) - A look at the women and the challenge of Polar Trek.
• Alas, the Parkway doesn't go to the Pole - (Alison Korn) -
  Training for a gruelling polar ski trek is a tough job in itself
• How to find a lot of heat on a cold winter's night - (Alison Korn) - Experienced Arctic adventurer Josee Auclair teaches the trekkers how to make sleeping in tents in sub-zero temperatures cozy.
• A mother's fears - (Alison Korn - 3-10-01) - Alison explains why her mother shouldn't worry.
• Rowing champion joins Arctic expedition - Although she is not an experienced skier, the Citizen's Alison Korn has become a member of an all-female team of polar trekkers (Randy Boswell reports)
• Korn's Arctic Trek - The Citizen's in-house Olympian -- reporter and two-time world-champion rower Alison Korn -- has joined a team of American and Canadian skiers who will attempt in April to complete the first all-women cross-country trek from Siberia to the North Pole. Korn is a novice skier.
• Chelsea duo to lead all-women trek to North Pole - (Alison Korn) - First-ever voyage from Russian side
• MORE TO COME - check back often as we add more links