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When Matthew Desfosses and his skiing partner set out in the early hours of a February 2019 morning, the plan was to spend the night in Lizzie Creek Cabin in the mountains of southeast British Columbia. Instead, they spent the night battling hypothermia in a snow cave. Little did they know that they were a […] The post Backcountry Skiers Rescued After Surviving Night...

Don Lee, owner of Alaska Floats & Skis flight school in Talkeetna, Alaska, has felt the ground below him shake from the pounding of thousands of caribou hooves. He’s discovered areas so abundant with blueberry bushes, it was impossible to sit down. He’s looked down at water thick with layers of migrating fish. Lee is […] The post Alaska Flight School Teaches Pilots to...

In 2017, Randall Reeves was 8 months into his first sailing attempt of the “Figure 8 Voyage” — a circumnavigation of the Americas and Antarctica in one season — when he hit a severe storm in the Indian Ocean. Waves were breaking 200’ to 300’ in each direction, and his boat got knocked down so […] The post Sailor Completes Solo Circumnavigation of Americas...