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1+ day, 10+ min ago (98+ words) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Max Bernays (AOPV 432) sail alongside each other to conduct a boarding exercise in the Bering Sea, Sept. 8, 2026. During the third combined sail under Operation Tundra Merlin, U.S. and Canadian forces trained…...
Sauk Rapids Man's 12-Year Star Trek Stamp Campaign
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (390+ words) An 85-year-old retired English teacher from Sauk Rapids, Minnesota spent 12 years of his life trying to convince the U.S. Postal Service to put the Enterprise on a postage stamp — and he actually pulled it off. Bill Kraft ran his grassroots campaign…...
Defy Your Ordinary
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (837+ words) The Clipper Race is for everyday people prepared to make an extraordinary decision. Even before you’ve considered the physical side of making six ocean crossings and tackling 40,103 nautical miles of sailing, you have to consider the mental strength it takes…...
Rowing team complete incredible voyage from Down to Scotland in Mayo Currach
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (889+ words) Dunshaughlin native Shane Holland recently embarked on a six-hour odyssey to Scotland from Down, as he and his Currachaí na Sceirí crew took the only ‘sea-ready’ Currach on an incredible row. Dedicating the ‘Voyage of Your Ancestors’ row to his…...
44 years later, Wenatchee-area adventurers revisit journey into the Canadian Arctic
1+ week, 2+ day ago (545+ words) Forty-four years after six young adventurers paddled more than 600 miles through the remote Canadian Arctic, they are getting back together to tell the story. Wenatchee resident Ralph Mack and four of his former expedition teammates will gather Sept. 10 at The…...
Year 2 Day 8 - M8-03 Stehekin Zero
2+ week, 6+ min ago (561+ words) I hopped on the early 9:30AM bus down to Stehekin Landing. Of course, since the bus stopped at the bakery for long enough to allow us to satisfy our need for sweets, I bought a chocolate pastry to keep me happy…...
Eight hours after drilling an adjacent hole in the Arctic ice, this photographer finally captured a polar bear staring straight into his DSLR lens
2+ week, 1+ day ago (155+ words) After spotting polar bear tracks close to a seal's breathing hole north of Svalbard, Norway, Rikardsen drilled one nearby and positioned a full-frame DSLR from 2012 with dedicated underwater housing and a wide-angle lens beneath the ice. He connected the setup…...
First to complete 500-mile Alaska Long Trail, a veteran, traded machine gun for lightweight pack
2+ week, 3+ day ago (973+ words) A U.S. Marine Corps veteran is believed to be the first person to complete the 500-mile Alaska Long Trail. Though the trail itself is not yet officially complete, Bradford Bartels says he made the trek from Seward to Fairbanks in 47 days,…...
Canada Coast-to-Coast Team Over Halfway Through Crossing » Explorersweb
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (189+ words) Canadian paddlers Will Vyse, Georges Kirijian, and Nolan Aziz are making excellent progress on their enormous 8,000km expedition from Tadoussac, Quebec, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on the Pacific Ocean. Their journey — a mostly northern line that avoids major urban areas…...