1981

Baffin Island to Labrador

Nigel Foster · Arctic

Year

1981

Distance

Baffin to Labrador

Duration

Solo

Paddler

Nigel Foster

Foster's solo Baffin Island to Labrador paddle nearly killed him. Used a Vyneck kayak of his own design.

Nigel Foster paddled solo from Baffin Island to Labrador in 1981 in a Vyneck kayak of his own design. The trip nearly killed him. Foster went on to become one of the most influential sea kayak instructors and authors of the era.

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