Greenland, Ellesmere, the Bering Strait. Ice, polar bears, months above the tree line.
The Arctic is the second great test for expedition kayakers - colder than most of Antarctica in winter, but with a paradoxically warmer summer paddling window. Greenland's west coast has become a regular destination for serious paddlers; the high Arctic of Ellesmere and the Northwest Passage remains the preserve of multi-year, multi-team expeditions. Caffyn's 1989-91 Alaska solo and Turk & Boomer's 2011 Ellesmere circumnavigation are benchmarks here.
Baffin Island to Labrador
Bering Strait - 'The Everest of the Canoeing World'
Spitsbergen - 1,300km unsupported
Northwest Passage - 3,000-mile kayak and sled journey
Greenland - first circumnavigation
Ellesmere Island - first circumnavigation
South-West Greenland 1998
West Greenland 1999
East Greenland - Isortoq to Narsaq
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