Sailing the Midnight Sun: A Summer Circumnavigation of Iceland
From the rugged Faroe Islands to the volcanic peaks of Vestmannaeyjar, the crew of Stravanza explores the raw beauty of the North Atlantic.
High-latitude charter expeditions offer some of the ultimate cruising adventurers to be had for serious sailors in the most remote regions of the globe.
From the rugged Faroe Islands to the volcanic peaks of Vestmannaeyjar, the crew of Stravanza explores the raw beauty of the North Atlantic.
A longhaul sail from the Marshall Islands to Alaska tests a small crew’s grit and spirit on the vast, unforgiving Pacific.
A northern track eastbound across the Atlantic elicits parallels to the adventures of early voyagers.
Sailing in Greenland is not what I thought it would be. It’s even better.
Intrepid adventurer recounts rounding Cape Horn and circumnavigating Antarctica.
The latest addition to Skip Novak’s Pelagic Expeditions fleet is custom made for Earth’s wildest places.
In a new video, the captain of the sailing vessel Barba discusses plans to set off from Norway with a crew of scientists to search out and study whales and other ocean mammals in the icy waters of the far north.
A sailing couple catches the birding bug while exploring Alaska’s wild northern waters.
Aboard his Jeanneau 37, Andreas Heide and a team of researchers plan to head to Arctic waters this summer to film and research orcas and other sea life, as well as document environmental conditions in the far north.
The passage on Pelagic Australis from Chile to Antarctica was nothing short of mind-bending, but the rewards were worth the ordeal.
Modern-day explorers find fantastic adventures on a bareboat charter along the wild west coast of Iceland.
For a pair of cruisers who love to sail and hike in the mountains, Southeast Alaska is the perfect destination.
Bob Shepton has sailed more than 130,000 miles, twice transited the Northwest Passage and has written books about his high-latitude adventures—all in retirement.
A conversation with Norwegian sailor and adventurer Andreas B. Heide
Skipper Matt Rutherford and scientist Nikki Trenholm have an ambitious long-term plan to conduct important climate research in the high latitudes. First they need to fix up their “new” boat.
“You never want to run aground in the dead of night on a lee shore. But we’d been drawn to Shishmaref. It wasn’t a boomtown. Quite the opposite. It was a town going boom.”
A family gets used to life underway again after a two-year hiatus.
A longtime voyager finally learns to fish, and to love it, in the Alaskan wilderness.
A dedicated family turns a Spartan Open 60 into a cruising boat—and heads to the Northwest Passage.
A hardy band of adventurers sails to 81 degrees north, where they are halted by the frozen sea.
A painter and photographer find inspiration in their cruising journeys through the Canadian Maritimes.
Reflections on the Northwest Passage
A family of four settles in and enjoys an easy crossing from Sitka to Kodiak.
The crew of DogBark! makes the tough decision to turn around when the ice conditions prevent a transit of the Northwest Passage this season.