Category : Arctic

North Pole Season Cancelled

Ash Routen

12/04/2019

Arctic Poles

After 10 days of delays, the political wranglings between Ukraine and Russia have ended the 2019 North Pole season before it could begin. ...

Politics Puts North Pole Skiers, Marathoners on Ice

Ash Routen

11/04/2019

Arctic Poles

Political tensions between Russia and Ukraine have delayed flights to the seasonal Arctic Ocean station known as Barneo. The station has bee...

Kite-Skiing for Polar Travelers

Sarah McNair-Landry

04/04/2019

Antarctic Arctic Poles

In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen and his team became the first to cross the Greenland ice cap. Sketches of their journey show sails mounted to their...

Legends Series: Interview with Borge Ousland

Jerry Kobalenko

01/04/2019

Antarctic Arctic Poles

No one has as many firsts in the polar regions as Borge Ousland. His three-decade career has featured meticulous preparation, innovative equ...

Baikal Wrap-up: A New Speed Record, and a Record for Most Unscheduled Swims

Ash Routen

27/03/2019

Adventure Travel Arctic

Sledding on Lake Baikal in Siberia has come to a close for the season. Most expeditions were unsupported, full-length crossings of the world...

Crossing the Northwest Passage, in Stages

Ash Routen

21/03/2019

Arctic Poles Skiing

From his home in Iqaluit, on southern Baffin Island, René Ritter seems ideally placed for polar travel. Yet the 43-year old Canadian became ...

Gear Review: Using Camp Stoves on Polar Expeditions

Jerry Kobalenko

09/03/2019

Antarctic Arctic Reviews

Early one spring in Resolute, the gateway to High Arctic adventure in Canada, two Swedes in their fifties checked into the little hotel wher...

Why I Left the Explorers Club

lawrence millman

06/03/2019

Adventure Travel Arctic

The adjective “prestigious” is commonly used to describe the organization known as the Explorers Club. This is doubtless because past member...

The Man Who Tried to Walk from Alaska to China

Matthew Traver

26/02/2019

Adventure Travel Arctic Oceans

Last July, 47-year-old John Martin left Anchorage, Alaska and traveled north 500km by road, towing an eight-foot sailing dinghy past Denali ...

Fat Biking James Bay

Kristine De Abreu

20/02/2019

Arctic

Earlier this month, Eric Batty, Buck Miller, Ryan Atkins and Ted King cycled along the southern edge of James Bay, an extension of Hudson Ba...

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