The Great White Norths.
… the Russian government created a new Arctic park for endangered wildlife, banning all industrial activity on and around the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya, a long island that stretches north into the Arctic Circle, south of Franz Josef Land’s popular spring break beaches.
Outside Blog
Much better, me thinks, is the newly [...]
Archive for the ‘arctic’ Category
21 Jun
Canada, Russia new National Parks
3 Feb
Donjek Route hike, Kluane, Yukon
Polly Evans posted a terrific trip report on Great Outdoors.
80mi, 9 days — this trip was epic.
… The Donjek Route, Parks Canada emphasizes, is not a trail. “Wilderness travel experience is essential, including excellent route finding skills, map and compass skills, and creek/river crossing skills,” the rangers insist in their literature. I had [...]
29 Dec
adventurer rewarded for stupidity?
David Roberts was air rescued in Alaska this past summer at a cost of over $90,000.
Though he had a lot of experience with arctic wilderness in Saskatchewan, the media is reporting that he was totally unprepared, and a “goofy guy”.
Roberts, a 54-year-old Australian, was trying to walk almost 100 miles across the Brooks Range [...]
26 Nov
every McKinley hike a horror story
I visited Denali in Alaska last year.
But it was too miserably overcast to hike far.
Has anyone ever had a GOOD hike there?
This trip report by Hank Leukart on Without Baggage is typical of others I’ve read:
… the best place to cross a braided river like the McKinley is at its widest point, when the [...]
25 Sep
trekking across Iceland
Hardcore hiker Jonathan Ley has done the Continental Divide Trail and Pacific Crest Trail.
But I was most interested in his unique adventure in Iceland:
larger version
The photos are terrific:
more photos
I really want to trek Iceland after seeing them!
Why Iceland?
When I was hiking the CDT, I had a lot of time to dream-up other hiking trips [...]
15 Aug
climbing Mt. Adams this weekend
Looks pretty easy …
larger original – flickr
Right? You think?
larger original – flickr
… the second-highest mountain in the state of Washington, USA. Adams is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, one of the arc’s largest volcanoes and is located in a remote wilderness approximately 31 miles (50 km) east of Mount St. Helens. …
Wikipedia
I assume [...]
31 May
solo speed record trek to the South Pole
A great video previews Todd Carmichael’s November 2008 attempt alone over the “cruelest territory on the planet”.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Expedition Earth Mission 2008 The South Pole – blog
11 Feb
paddling and hiking Alaska mid-winter
My favourite travelogue over the past few months has been Erin McKittrick and Bretwood (Hig) Higman’s Journey on the Wild Coast:
“From the Puget Sound to the Bering Sea: Four thousand miles along the edge of the Pacific, by foot, raft, and skis.”
After 8 months, they are only half way finished. (The original plan was 9 [...]
29 Jan
threat to polar bears over-rated
Worried about global warming vis-Ã -vis our polar friends?
They’ll simply find a new source of food if they can’t get to the seals.
source – flickr
9 Jan
Branson treks Arctic – no mention of GLOBAL WARMING
Just kidding.
Would there be any point in a major expedition outdoors unless it was intended to cool the planet?
With the saturation media coverage of late, so many people have become “aware†of global warming that it’s tough to find anyone who doesn’t have an idea of what it is… But that doesn’t mean they’re all [...]
