In a partnership between the International Polar Foundation, which Mr Hubert co-founded, and a network of education institutions in 40 countries, students will follow the explorers progress via the foundation's website.

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Polar filed countersuits, one for hoarding and one accusing Cisneros Group of airing the accusations on its TV network to defame it.

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Before joining CNNI, Kinkade worked for Seven Network Australia, most recently as a freelance correspondent from New York where she filed reports on the Polar Vortex, the push to legalize marijuana, Boeing's first space taxi, the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 and the spread of the Ebola virus.

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