Polar Research

Lake Baikal 2020 Crossing: Short Talk with Adventurers

Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia) is the world’s largest lake...
March 31, 2020

Arctic 2020: The Final Roundup

With no new expeditions starting because of COVID-19, the...
March 24, 2020

Lake Baikal 2020: Season Wrap-up

Lake Baikal crossings have ended for the year. All...
March 20, 2020

Cancelled, Cancelled, Cancelled: Now the North Pole Season is Off

With the news that Norway has closed its borders,...
March 17, 2020

Arctic 2020: Week Three Roundup

A speed record has already fallen on Lake Baikal,...
March 10, 2020

British Soloist Sets Baikal Speed Record

Michael Stevenson has broken the speed record for an...
March 7, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Shades of Water-Ice

Anna von Bötticher, 49, has been freediving since 2007....
March 7, 2020

Arctic 2020: Week Two Roundup

This spring's arctic expeditions have begun to ramp up....
March 3, 2020

The Icarus Project: 3,000Km of Sledding, Then Climb Denali

In 2016, Matthieu Bélanger created the crazily ambitious Icarus...
March 3, 2020

Arctic 2020: The Roundup So Far

While it's early for Canadian Arctic expeditions -- the...
February 27, 2020

A 1,000km Ski Across Lapland

Today, Switzerland's Rachel Bandieri begins a solo, unsupported 1,000km...
February 24, 2020

Exclusive: Borge Ousland on Crossing the Arctic Ocean in Winter

Just over two months ago Borge Ousland and Mike...
February 18, 2020

Crossing Iceland in Winter

Polish adventurer Łukasz Supergan is no stranger to long...
February 12, 2020

Baikal Ice Update

An all-too-familiar wrinkle these days may make it harder...
February 6, 2020

Arctic Travel Tips

The sun returns to Grise Fiord, Canada's northernmost village,...
January 31, 2020

Lake Baikal 2020: The Crossings Begin

Six hundred and thirty-six kilometres long, 79km wide and...
January 28, 2020

ExWeb Ambassadors Complete Antarctic Expeditions

Separately, two ExWeb ambassadors, Ryan Waters and Sarah McNair-Landry,...
January 27, 2020

Yuki Sekiguchi: Three Months Solo Through Arctic Canada

Japanese explorer Yuki Sekiguchi is in his third winter...
January 22, 2020

Antarctica Week Nine: The Season Winds Down

Many expeditions to the Pole have wrapped up, but...
January 17, 2020

Richard Parks Pops Up in Antarctica

Keeping his plans to himself for almost a month,...
January 13, 2020
A manhauler crosses the polar plateau.

Antarctica: Two British Soloists Were Resupplied

Last week, a trio of British women -- Wendy...
January 12, 2020

Antarctica Week Eight: It Gets Busy at the Pole

A number of expeditions have wrapped up, and a...
January 10, 2020

Jenny Davis Completes Solo South Pole Ski

Jenny Davis has limped over the finish line on...
January 10, 2020

Wendy Searle Reaches Pole but Misses Record

Wendy Searle reached the South Pole yesterday after an...
January 9, 2020

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