Does the North Pole Marathon have a positive environmental ethos?
Yes. The North Pole Marathon likes to use its race location on the polar ice cap in a positive environmental way. Indeed, many of the participants utilise the event to spread climate change messages to a large global audience. The event is is a foot race and naturally promotes fitness and exercise as a substitute to car and vehicle use. Furthermore, there is a carbon offsetting policy employed for the polar flights. It should be highlighted that the emissions resulting from a 2 hour return flight to the Pole are identical to those of a similar flight elsewhere in the world. Moreover, there could be a misconception that those flying to the North Pole are the ones leading to a shrinking of the polar ice caps, but this is obviously not the case!
