arctic
Ellesmere Island curcumnavigation complete!
Back in May we reported about expedition leader and author Jon Turk setting off to attempt the first circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island in modern times. Now we can offer our congratulations, as he’s completed the incredible feat in 104 days!
Arctic Row Team set to go
Polar explorer Jock Wishart will, in the next few days, lead out an expedition to row 450 miles across the Canadian Arctic, from Resolute Bay to the 1996 position of the Magnetic North Pole on Ellef Rignes Island.
Japanese team retrace 1845 Franklin expedition
Japanese explorers Yasunaga Ogita and Yusuke Kakuhata have completed an expedition to traverse a section of the Northwest passage; the same area which claimed the lives of Sir John Franklin and his team in 1845.
New Route and a British First Crossing of the Penny Ice Cap
Antony Jinman, Duncan Eadie and Vijay Shah have become the first British team to ski unassisted across the remote Penny Ice Cap and to have explored a new access route.