Polar Exploration

Aborted: Arctic Ocean Crossing

Three Frenchmen have abandoned a third attempt to sail...
August 23, 2018

Can the Explorer’s Grand Slam Be Saved?

The sport of tennis has various flavours of Grand...
August 22, 2018

Film Review: North of Nightfall

In 1987, Japanese Yamaha dealer Shinji Kazama motorcycled from...
August 21, 2018

A Little More Water for Arctic Ocean Sailors

French adventurers Vincent Colliard, Sébastien Roubinet and Eric André continue...
August 2, 2018

Carl Alvey: A Polar Guide’s Life

By Ash Routen Two winters ago, I travelled to Hardangervidda...
July 28, 2018

Setting Sail on the First Summer Crossing of the Arctic Ocean

French polar guide Vincent Colliard, along with fellow French...
July 11, 2018

Frank Wolf Launches 1,800km Arctic Canoe Journey

Canadian filmmaker Frank Wolf has just set out on...
July 3, 2018

Trans Antarctic solo and unsupported attempt 2018

ROCHÉSCHOEMAN I have designed a revolutionary sled  that I believe...
May 23, 2018

All Women’s Euro-Arabian Expedition Reach North Pole

On April 21, a mainly novice team of women...
April 26, 2018

Tania Noakes Solos the Entire Length of Norway in Winter

Tania Noakes, a British IFMGA Mountain Guide, has completed...
April 24, 2018

Lou Rudd Announces Plan to Cross Antarctica Alone and Unsupported

Briton Lou Rudd to attempt Worsley's fatal route...
April 23, 2018
The homecoming of the Cultural Expedition Avannaa 2018

Cultural Expedition Avannaa 2018

Skiing expedition on Uummannaq Fjord, Greenland 4 weeks and 250...
April 18, 2018

Bill Hanlon’s Northwest Passage Expedition Postponed

A back injury has forced Canadian Bill Hanlon to...
April 15, 2018

Preparations for 2018 Barneo North Pole Ice Camp are in full swing

Ice camp Barneo doesn’t have an address: the GPS...
March 31, 2018

British Team Sets New Lake Baikal Speed Record

A trio of British endurance athletes has broken the...
March 23, 2018

Will Steger to cross the Barren Lands solo at 73

For 50 years, Will Steger has travelled by dogsled,...
March 14, 2018

Helicopter Crash Forces British Explorer to Abandon North Pole Trek

British explorer Hannah McKeand, a veteran polar guide and...
March 10, 2018

Interview: Bill Hanlon on skiing the Northwest Passage

ExplorersWeb caught up with Bill Hanlon as he prepares...
March 1, 2018

Antarctica 2017: Spectre and the Ice Maidens Wrap Up

The remaining two expeditions wrap up their journeys, enduring...
January 25, 2018

Reboot of the Dark Ice Project

British polar adventurer Alex Hibbert returns with his ambitious...
January 23, 2018

Interview: Iker and Eneko Pou on Adventure, Technical Difficulty and Olympic Climbing

Brothers Iker and Eneko Pou share their love of...
January 22, 2018

Antarctica 2017: Ben Saunders Aborts, Spectre and the Maidens Soldier On

High speed crashes, aborted expeditions and sun dogs. December...
January 8, 2018

Antarctica 2017: Summer Holidays and South Pole Milestones

The Spectre team do some aggressive upwind kiting, Ben...
December 22, 2017

Antarctica 2017: Summiting Spectre and the Long Walk Home

Leo Houlding and team summit the mighty Spectre, Ben...
December 15, 2017

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