Travels through Alaska - reframing success

It feels strange. Sitting in a coffee shop, warm, dry and with endless food and drinks if we want them. No more daily rations of dehydrated food and energy bars, filtering water or continuing along this summer's daily trend of making progress each day as we move to the next camp spot - making progress in latitude, longitude and mileage…

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Stuck in the mud: the Arctic is changing

This is a very different update to the one we had hoped to provide.

We are safely in Utqiagvik / Barrow - where we had aimed to reach - but we're not here by kayaking as planned.

Despite making great progress along the Arctic coast, over the last few days of paddling through the historical inland route, we've witnessed some very real and hugely significant changes to the dynamics of the landscape up here.

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Due North: Alaska - the countdown

As with lots of exciting journeys, it started off with a map, a wild idea and with a lot more questions than answers.

With less than 2½ months before we take the first stroke in the Pacific Ocean at the start of a 2000 mile journey to reach the most Northerly point of the USA, we’re busy dreaming of the best and planning for the worst.

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