Jerry Kobalenko

Jerry Kobalenko

Jerry Kobalenko is the editor of ExplorersWeb. One of Canada’s premier arctic travelers, he is the author of The Horizontal Everest and Arctic Eden, and has just finished a book about adventures in Labrador. In 2018, he was awarded the Polar Medal by the Governor General of Canada and in 2022, he received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for services to exploration.

Jerry Kobalenko is the editor of ExplorersWeb. One of Canada’s premier arctic travelers, he is the author of The Horizontal Everest and Arctic Eden, and has just finished a book about adventures in Labrador. In 2018, he was awarded the Polar Medal by the Governor General of Canada and in 2022, he received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for services to exploration.

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Andrzej Bargiel's team has posted a brief but spectacular...

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Researchers found the famous arctic explorer's ship in 2014,...

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Walrus on rock

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The Stories That Arctic Cairns Tell

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It has been a disastrous winter for reindeer herders...
Site of the fossil forest

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A 50-million-year-old forest of real wood lies on an...
Approaching polar bear

Updated: Another Polar Bear Attack in Svalbard

A polar bear injured a man in a surprise...
Wild adventure photos

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When NASA's rover Perseverance lands on Mars today, we...

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In an interview with local television in Skardu, Sajid...

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While we anxiously wait for news about John Snorri,...

Updated: Is John Snorri Descending?

Winter K2 may have thwarted another summit attempt, this...

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