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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 […]

Worried about global warming vis-à-vis our polar friends?
They’ll simply find a new source of food if they can’t get to the seals.

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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 […]

The Adventure Addict posted a great series of annotated photos of their trek south to the Arctic Circle.

Wow! I’ve never hiked that far North. (If only I could afford to fly to Pangnirtung. And on to Qikiqtarjuaq.)
You can’t really see from the pic, but the vertical part of the face is actually overhanging at […]

Alaska wilderness guru Buck Nelson in 2006 made an incredible solo journey. Maximum pack weight was about 43 pounds.
He’s made a 90min documentary of that adventure.

My trip started June 18 at the border of the Yukon Territory and ended September 2nd at the ocean near Kotzebue.

The final mileage of my trip worked out to […]

Istvan Hernadi has travelled over 30,000 kilometers in Northern BC, Yukon, NWT and Alaska during the last 3 years to the most remote and desolate places of the Far North in search of the Masters, in order to meet them and to learn their teachings.
He sought out mountains, trails, rivers and lakes for hiking, […]

From some angles the King’s Throne looks like a King’s Throne, hence the name. It’s an easy climb or a tough scramble.
10km (6.2mi) to the summit, 4-6hrs return, moderately strenuous.
You have the choice of a 457m (1500ft) climb to rock glacier. Or — if conditions are good — continue to the top, total […]

If this happened to you, are you prepared? Take the quiz: How to survive a polar bear attack.
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A really diverse and engaging series of outdoor photos by Istvan Hernadi, editor for www.trailpeak.com of the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut area
A couple of samples:
Mt Shishapangma camp, Tibet

Advance base camp at 19,500ft near the ice pinnacles - late in the day storm clouds.
Storms over Juneau icecap

View from Atlin lake BC
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OTTAWA, Nov. 21 — The Canadian government plans to announce today that it will convert 25.5 million acres of northern woodland into a new national park and wildlife protection areas.
The result will be one of North America’s largest conservation areas, about 11.5 times the size of Yellowstone Park, and ease pressure from the mining and […]