Best Expeditions
The zeroes were the decade of speed—the
world’s islands became circumnavigatory
proving grounds. It was also a time for women
expedition paddlers like Hadas Feldman,
Justine Curgenven, Shawna Franklin and Wendy
Killoran. Driving harder than anyone was Freya
Hoffmeister. Unknown at the beginning of the
decade, by its close the German athlete and
businesswoman had paddled around Iceland,
New Zealand’s South Island and Australia, set-
ting speed records for each.
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inside and outside Passage:
New Zealanders Kevin and Garth Erwin (The
Canada Alaska Kiwi Kayaking Expedition) paddle
2,500 nautical miles from Victoria to Glacier Bay
Alaska on the Inside Passage, and then back to
Victoria on the outside.
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iceland: Chris Duff, Shawna Franklin and Leon Paddling is my atlas.
Sommé paddle 3,000 kilometres around Iceland in
81 days. Water makes up its pages, opening the world
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to me. It leads me to my next exciting quest.
great Britain: British police officer Sean Mor-
ley completes the longest kayak journey undertaken
in British waters—7,200 kilometres over six months
around all of Great Britain’s inhabited islands. Paddling is my connection.
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South georgia island: Team Adventure
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Philosophy (Graham Charles, Marcus Waters and
Mark Jones) from New Zealand completes the
circumnavigation of this sub-Antarctic island, fol-
lowed closely by a British/Israeli team led by Peter
Bray and Nigel Dennis.
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newfoundland: Wendy Killoran becomes
the first woman to paddle around The Rock, 3,000
kilometres.
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Vancouver island: Two record circumnavi-
gations: Keirron Tastagh and Jeff Norville, 20 days in
a tandem; Joe O’Blenis, 24 days, solo.
iceland: Freya Hoffmeister and Greg Stamer set
the speed record, 33 days.
ireland: Marcus Demuth completes record solo Jud Keiser, NRS Team paddler, CEO of his future &
circumnavigation, 42 days.
promoter of river play. Skookumchuck Narrows, BC.
©John Fullbright
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Tasman Sea: James Castrission and Justin Jones
make the first kayak crossing from Australia to New
Zealand, 3,319 kilometres.
South island, new zealand: Freya
Hoffmeister breaks speed record, 2,400 kilometres,
70 days.
What does paddling mean to you?
Vancouver island: Sean Morley makes
record circumnavigation, 18 days.
oceans 8: Jon Bowermaster completes his de-
cade-long quest to explore every continent by kayak.
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australia: Freya Hoffmeister completes
second-ever, and fastest, kayak circumnavigation
of Australia.
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