Ash Routen

1 week ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

After 49 days and over 1,100km of skiing through Canada’s most remote terrain, Norwegian Borge Ousland and Frenchman Vincent Colliard have completed the first unsupported north-to-south crossing of Ellesmere Island. The pair reached King Edward Point, the southernmost point on the island and the end of the crossing, on June 13. They then skied for two more days to reach the Inuit community of Grise Fiord on June 15.

2 weeks ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

After 46 days, Borge Ousland and Vincent Colliard are down from the ice caps onto sea ice. They will likely complete the first unsupported north-to-south crossing of the island today by skiing a little east to King Edward Point, the southern tip of Ellesmere Island. They will then turn back west for a couple of days of skiing over the sea ice to the Inuit hamlet of Grise Fiord, the nearest community and airport.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ash Routen

Canadian adventurer Frank Wolf and teammate David Berrisford have finished a 720km sea kayaking expedition through southeastern Alaska. Originally planned as a 900km circumnavigation of Prince of Wales Island, the pair had to change their route due to heavy spring storms. "We had to sit out two of the first six days due to heavy southeast storms," Wolf reported.

3 weeks ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

Canadian adventurer Frank Wolf and teammate David Berrisford have finished a 720km sea kayaking expedition through southeastern Alaska. Originally planned as a 900km circumnavigation of Prince of Wales Island, the pair had to change their route due to heavy spring storms. “We had to sit out two of the first six days due to heavy southeast storms,” Wolf reported.

3 weeks ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

Ten days ago, while exiting the Agassiz Ice Cap on Canada’s Ellesmere Island, Vincent Colliard fell into a crevasse. He shared details of the incident yesterday on social media. The French polar traveler escaped without injury but described the event as “a scary moment where life’s balance was on the edge.”Colliard is 38 days into a 1,100km unsupported ski traverse of Ellesmere Island, traveling from north to south with Norwegian veteran Børge Ousland.