Arctic

A photo taken by Will Steger during his two-month solo expedition on Arctic rivers in Northwest Canada.

Will Steger, 78, Completes 1,300km Arctic Crossing

Will Steger "survived it again," he said this week. After...

Caubvick: the Resilient Inuit Woman Who Captivated British Royalty and Survived Smallpox

I was wandering around Labrador’s small, relatively flat Eskimo...
portrait of Will Steger

Will Steger Finishes First 500Km of Arctic Journey

Legendary polar adventurer Will Steger's latest expedition is going...
Justin Barbour and his dog with their canoe.

Justin Barbour to Attempt a One Year, 3,800km Northern Journey

When Justin Barbour "struck ice" in 2018, it would...
two men stand on a cliff holding a flag

Pair Finish 2,800Km Expedition Along the Entire Length of Quebec

Simon-Pierre Goneau and Samuel Lalande-Markon have completed their winter...
a blurry satellite photo with a red arrow pointing to an object

‘Ships In Every Shadow’: Arctic Detective Uses Satellites to Search for Treasure

As the doomed men of the Franklin expedition abandoned...
arctic skier couple

Two Groups Complete 400Km Cambridge Bay-Gjoa Haven Arctic Ski

It’s been a quiet season in the world of...
the ruins of a coastal viking stone building

Higher Sea Levels May Have Forced the Vikings to Flee Greenland

Leave it to Mother Nature to drop the hammer...
A wooly mammoth recreation at the Shanghai Natural History Museum

Woolly Mammoths Weren’t Always So Woolly

What does 600,000 years of natural selection get you?...
will steger arctic

Will Steger Attempts Another Solo Arctic Expedition

Just two years shy of his 80th birthday, Will...
sarah mcnair-landry on arctic ice with her sled dogs

Sled Dogs and Sunsets: a Year in the Life of Sarah McNair-Landry

Sarah McNair-Landry is a household name in arctic adventure....
black and white portrait of Cleveland and Rasmussen

George Cleveland: The Largest Nose in the Arctic

In the early 1920s, Hudson’s Bay Company trader George...
arctic skier couple

Pair to Ski 400Km From Cambridge Bay to Gjoa Haven

In an otherwise quiet year in the Arctic, where...
Man on a stand-up paddleboard under dark skies

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
a pack of four wolves

Dispelling The Enduring Myth of Wolf Pack Pecking Order

In 1970, biologist David Mech published The Wolf: The...
ship stuck in ice

Exploration Mysteries: The SS Baychimo, 38 Years as a Ghost Ship

The SS Baychimo began as an ordinary cargo ship....
Borge Ousland moving a heavy sled over pressure ice.

Barneo May Reopen; Vincent Colliard Aims For North Pole

It is likely that the Barneo Ice Station will...
ice climbing in jotnar iceland

Weekend Warm-Up: Dani Arnold Climbs Iceland’s Frozen Giants

Amazon Studios reportedly spent a billion dollars making last...
The Global Seed Vault

Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Most Mysterious Seed Vault

Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault is, by its very...
A climber on a vertical wall, the frozen sea with the low winter sun at his feet.

Tomaszewski and Haldas: Greenland Climbing Report

Three weeks after arriving on Greenland's west coast, Marcin...

Polar Bear Day Memories: Lessons From a Close Encounter

Arctic travelers tend to view polar bears differently than...
Climber maneuvres on the vertical rock wall, Greenland's ice in background.

New Winter Route on Greenland’s Big Walls

Twenty-six days had passed without news from Marcin Tomaszewski...
Loury Lag during a training session for his upcoming expedition.

French Kite Skier Prepares to Solo Northwest Passage

French "professional explorer and crazy dad" Loury Lag has...

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