{"id":15655,"date":"2011-04-20T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=15655"},"modified":"2015-12-30T03:33:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T08:33:17","slug":"diabetic-pilot-reaches-the-north-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=15655","title":{"rendered":"Diabetic Pilot Reaches the North Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DiabetesPolarFlight1-1.png\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15659 lazyload\" title=\"DiabetesPolarFlight\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DiabetesPolarFlight1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"181\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DiabetesPolarFlight1-1.png 200w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DiabetesPolarFlight1-100x90.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Douglas Cairns, a former British Royal Air Force jet pilot who has type 1 diabetes, has completed his <a href=\"http:\/\/diabetespolarflight.org\" target=\"_blank\">Diabetes Polar Flight<\/a> expedition.\u00a0 He reached the geographic North Pole, as planned, just after 5pm Alaska time (0100 GMT) and said he felt \u201cgreat. Fantastic \u2013 it\u2019s really good fun.\u201d Not content with simply reaching the North Pole, Douglas proceeded to turn the Baron in a circle \u2013 to clock up his second round-the-world flight. \u201cI\u2019m turning a circle around the North Pole, going through 24 time zones in two minutes,\u201d he said via satellite phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cairns returned safely from the Pole, landing in Barrow, Alaska in the Arctic twilight. \u201cI am delighted that it all went smoothly,&#8221;\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/to-the-north-pole-with-diabetes-talking-to-pilot-douglas-cairns\/15419\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for our interview with Douglas Cairns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: diabetespolarflight.org.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas Cairns, a former British Royal Air Force jet pilot who has type 1 diabetes, has completed his Diabetes Polar Flight expedition.  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