Alaskan bush pilot Art Mortvedt didn't quite make his goal of flying his 1980 Cessna A185F N90SN to the geographic north pole in April 2011. Mortvedt is a veteran of many expeditions to Antarctica, and 6 seasons of scientific work on the northern polar ice pack.  He landed this plane at the south pole in 1999.

Mortvedlt  made it as far north as the Eureka weather station on Ellesemere Island, Nunavut.  But bad weather and the closing of the Russian Barneo ice station made it a bad idea to try the Eureka to 90 North trip in 2011.  He has a detailed trip log posted on his website, including photos taken along the way.

Over the last year, he's been spending his time speaking about the trip in various places in the United States, and getting N90SN ready for the trip. Here's Art at Oshkosh explaining the story of the Polar Pumpkin.

His website features a flight log, and other information about the trip, which will take him from Alaska through the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut in Canada, and on to the pole.

And his planning continues for another attempt scheduled for April 2012.