Volume 6 • Issue 1 Spring 2006
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F E A T U R E AROUND
FEATURES 28 Expedition DIY
Months off to go roaming, big-name sponsor- ship deals, the freedom of a hobo and all the fame a kayaker can hope for. For expedition dreams big and small, the pros tell you how to pull it off.
35 Around Haida Gwaii
Three Canadian dirtbags, 46 days, one archi- pelago. A day in the life of the 2005 Queen Charlotte Islands expedition.
DEPARTMENTS
6 Editor’s notes 8 Words from Readers
48 Market Place 50 In Parting
10 Stills
Uummannaq iceberg worship; South Georgia freeze frame; expedition target practice—our favourite photos.
14 This and That 14 Home hemisphere advantage—How Kiwis beat Brits around South Georgia.
16 Are you up for it?—Newfoundland’s Circle the Avalon Challenge.
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18 Louisiana’s disappearing islands, a new Canadian kayak company and more.
20 Lake Superior’s surf subculture. 22 Technique
Big trip in your future? Want to go far and win races? Learn to go the distance with Ray Fusco’s tips to paddling 60 miles a day.
24 Rock the Boat
If a kayaker rounds Cape Horn and nobody sees it on TV, does it really happen? Our icono- clast-at-large, Alex Matthews, steps up to the soapbox on expedition marketing.
42 Inside Out
For your reading and paddling pleasure, two boats rigorously tested and engagingly reviewed: the Feathercraft Wisper and the P&H Bahiya.
46 In the Hatch
Tide information on your wrist. Better drybags. Melanoma boxing gloves. And a folding two- burner for the backcountry chef.
ON THE COVER: Sylvain Grossmann north of Qaqugdlugssurt, Greenland. Photo: Jean-Luc Grossmann/pho-
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