Eva Holland

1 month ago | nationalgeographic.com | Eva Holland

Carla Pérez can feel the difference when she crosses the invisible line that marks 8,300 meters, or roughly 27,000 feet, above sea level. “Before that wall, you still have a lot of control over what you think and what you do,” she says. “It’s, like, normal—almost normal.” But when Pérez, 42, climbs higher, things change. “You start to lose your control of your mind. You cannot talk very well—it’s like you are drunk,” she explains.

2 months ago | defector.com | Eva Holland

As the dog teams competing in the 2014 Yukon Quest rested at the race’s halfway point in Dawson City, I drove my Jeep Grand Cherokee out onto the frozen Yukon River. In Dawson, the main townsite sits on one side of the water, but the teams take their mandatory midpoint layover in a public campground on the other. For many years, an ice bridge has been built to connect the two sides—the main town and its more remote west-side suburbs—robust enough for even heavy vehicle traffic.

Nov 20, 2024 | cottagelife.com | Eva Holland

She’s a female grey wolf who disappeared in 2003. Eighteen years later, her collar was found, hundreds of kilometres away. She’s captured researchers’ attention—this is why she deserves yours Wendy Cole was in her office in Kalispell, Mont.,in December 2021 when a colleague told her that a man was at the front desk with an unusual request. He’d found a radio collar in the bush a short drive west of town, and he wanted to get it back to its owner.

Nov 7, 2024 | defector.com | Eva Holland

WHITEHORSE, Canada — I stood on an empty stretch of the Alaska Highway and squinted north as the sky darkened. I had parked a couple of miles away, at a relatively busy intersection on the edge of the Yukon’s small capital city, and pedaled north up a long hill onto this quieter stretch of road. It was just after 9:30 on a Saturday night. I waited on the southbound shoulder, helmeted and hi-vis-vested, watching for a cyclist.

May 8, 2024 | climbing.com | Eva Holland

Mecus and her partner fell 1,000 feet while attempting Mt. Johnson's Southeast Face.