Category : Poles

Transarctic Kiters Finish 6-Year Crossing of Siberia

Rebecca McPhee

24/04/2020

Arctic Poles

In 2015, a group of Russian explorers began a multi-year plan to travel thousands of kilometres across northern Siberia by wind. The 6,500km...

10 Things You Should Avoid Doing in the Polar Regions

Jerry Kobalenko

20/04/2020

Antarctic Arctic Poles

1. Wearing tight garments Technical compression socks and underwear may help in competitive athletics, but they're not suitable for c...

Lake Baikal 2020 Crossing: Short Talk with Adventurers

Roland

31/03/2020

Adventure Travel Arctic

Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia) is the world’s largest lake by volume and every winter, it freezes over. Its sheer size (636km long) offers an...

Arctic 2020: The Final Roundup

Rebecca McPhee

24/03/2020

Arctic

With no new expeditions starting because of COVID-19, the arctic season has come to a very premature end. In Siberia, the last two men on th...

Lake Baikal 2020: Season Wrap-up

Rebecca McPhee

20/03/2020

Arctic

Lake Baikal crossings have ended for the year. All expeditions attempted a full-length, solo and unsupported traverse of the world's largest...

Arctic 2020: Week Four Roundup

Rebecca McPhee

20/03/2020

Arctic Endurance Skiing

While new arctic expeditions have all been scrubbed because of COVID-19 -- in Canada, northern communities do not want visitors from the sou...

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

Ash Routen

17/03/2020

Arctic

With the news that Norway has closed its borders, and all non-residents of Svalbard being shepherded off the island, the North Pole season h...

How to Make a Living as an Adventurer

Jerry Kobalenko

12/03/2020

Adventure Travel Arctic

Not every world-class adventurer needs to make a living at it. Britain's Mick Fowler has, famously, worked as a tax man for over 40 years bu...

Arctic 2020: Week Three Roundup

Rebecca McPhee

10/03/2020

Arctic

A speed record has already fallen on Lake Baikal, and multiple crossings are underway, as we enter peak season on the Siberian lake. Meanwhi...

British Soloist Sets Baikal Speed Record

Rebecca McPhee

07/03/2020

Arctic Endurance

Michael Stevenson has broken the speed record for an unsupported crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberia. He completed the 639km journey in a bli...

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