Poles

Antarctica 2018-2019: Expeditions to Watch, Part II

In Part II of our guide to 2018-2019 Antarctic...

Justin Barbour on Wind, Snow and Upriver Canoe Travel

After canoeing for 83 days across Labrador and northern...

Antarctica 2018-2019: Expeditions to Watch, Part I

As the wan Antarctic sun creeps higher in the...

Adventure Psychology: In Conversation with Dr Nathan Smith

In a recent interview, Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner said...

Weekend Warm-Up: Into Twin Galaxies

Towing a kayak 1,000km east to west across Greenland's...

New Satellite Imagery Shows Antarctica in Pinpoint Detail

Antarctica is now, ironically, the best-mapped continent on earth. Researchers...

Weekend Warm-Up: Baffin

In 2016, filmmaker Joshua Lavigne followed Marc-André Leclerc and...

Marin Minamiya: Japan’s youngest adventurer – and ExWeb’s newest ambassador

In 2016, Marin Minamiya became the youngest Japanese person...

Aborted: Arctic Ocean Crossing

Three Frenchmen have abandoned a third attempt to sail...

Can the Explorer’s Grand Slam Be Saved?

The sport of tennis has various flavours of Grand...

Film Review: North of Nightfall

In 1987, Japanese Yamaha dealer Shinji Kazama motorcycled from...

A Little More Water for Arctic Ocean Sailors

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

Carl Alvey: A Polar Guide’s Life

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

Setting Sail on the First Summer Crossing of the Arctic Ocean

French polar guide Vincent Colliard, along with fellow French...

Frank Wolf Launches 1,800km Arctic Canoe Journey

Canadian filmmaker Frank Wolf has just set out on...

Trans Antarctic solo and unsupported attempt 2018

ROCHÉSCHOEMAN I have designed a revolutionary sled  that I believe...

All Women’s Euro-Arabian Expedition Reach North Pole

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

Tania Noakes Solos the Entire Length of Norway in Winter

Tania Noakes, a British IFMGA Mountain Guide, has completed...

Lou Rudd Announces Plan to Cross Antarctica Alone and Unsupported

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

Cultural Expedition Avannaa 2018

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

Bill Hanlon’s Northwest Passage Expedition Postponed

A back injury has forced Canadian Bill Hanlon to...

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

Ice camp Barneo doesn’t have an address: the GPS...

British Team Sets New Lake Baikal Speed Record

A trio of British endurance athletes has broken the...

Will Steger to cross the Barren Lands solo at 73

For 50 years, Will Steger has travelled by dogsled,...

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