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1 day 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.

2 days 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.

5 days ago | explorersweb.com | Angela Benavides

Last week, ultrarunner Tyler Andrews launched a last-ditch attempt to achieve the fastest-ever no-oxygen climb on Everest. It was his third try, just three days after a previous one, and with the mountain about to close. After hours without communication and his live tracker apparently not moving, his team shared the news: Tyler had turned around at 8,300m.

1 week ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

Børge Ousland and Vincent Colliard are closing in on a major milestone in their sled journey across Canada’s northernmost island. Now on Day 33 of their journey, the pair are climbing onto the Prince of Wales Ice Cap — the third and final ice cap on their 1,100km unsupported ski crossing of Ellesmere Island from north to south. The expedition, now over a month underway, has challenged their extensive polar experience, first with deep snow and more recently with rugged, rocky terrain.

1 week ago | explorersweb.com | Angela Benavides

Yesterday’s Everest Day celebrations in Kathmandu marked both the 72nd anniversary of the peak’s first ascent and the official closure of the 2025 season. Overall, the season featured uncertain weather and often jet-stream winds on the upper slopes. Otherwise, everything went largely according to plan at a time when high-altitude climbing is increasingly commercialized and less adventurous.