Arctic

10 Things You Should Avoid Doing in the Polar Regions

  1. Wearing tight garments Technical compression socks and underwear may...
April 20, 2020

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

Arctic 2020: Week Four Roundup

While new arctic expeditions have all been scrubbed because...
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

Yuki Sekiguchi: Three Months Solo Through Arctic Canada

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

Top 10 Expeditions of 2019: #1: Arctic Ocean Epic

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 31, 2019

Ousland: “My Greatest Achievement”

Almost a week after stepping off the Arctic Ocean,...
December 15, 2019

Breaking: Ousland and Horn Complete Trek

At midnight last night Borge Ousland and Mike Horn...
December 8, 2019

Ousland and Horn Near Finish

After 87 days alone on the ice, Borge Ousland...
December 7, 2019

Ousland/Horn Update: The Storm Rages

Yesterday, both Mike Horn and Borge Ousland set off...
December 6, 2019

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