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Journeys/Adventures
Photos: Santa Maria River, Mexico 1986: Paul Reavley, David McKenzie, Frank Endres Click on photo to Enlarge
Adventure Websites/Online Stories
- Paddling the Blue - interviews with expedition kayakers
- ExplorersWeb - Canoe/Kayak page
- 11 Great Expedition Paddles of the 2000s Paddling Magazine
Atlantic Ocean
- Kayak
- Aleksander Doba Kayaking the Atlantic His 3rd crossing in 2017 at the age of 71 (Mr Doba unfortunately died at age 74 in early 2021 shortly after reaching the 19000+ ft summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro)
- Cyril Derreumaux Atlantic Crossing 2024-25
- SUP
- SUP across Atlantic Chris Bertish
Australia
- ExpeditionKayaks Adventures
- Terry Boland distance paddler extraordinaire
Canada
Iceland
- Leon Sommé, Shawna Franklin, Chris Duff 2003 Circumnavigation Account 3000 km
Italy
Peru
- Apurimac Exploration Jerome Truran
Russia
- Lake Baikal (although not done before (AFAWK) both of these circumnavigations occurred at almost the same time)
- 2003 Lake Baikal Solo Circumnavigation Detlev Henschel Video Playlist (first video is in German, all the rest are in English - unfortunately he seems to have removed or unlisted a lot of the original videos about the trip)
- This story is also available in ebook form in German and English
UK & Ireland
- Kayak4Heroes 2021-2022 adaptive kayak team paddles 1400 km bottom to top of the UK
- Paddling in Circles - scroll down on page to find link to full book online - Sean Morley's sea kayak circumnavigation of UK and Ireland
- Ireland
- Circumnavigation
US
- Grand Canyon
- Paddling The Great Loop Peter Frank (as well as other expeditions)
- “Great Loop” 6,000 mile cruise route of the circumnavigation of the eastern United States
- Mississippi River
- Dale “Greybeard” Sanders Length of the Mississippi paddled multiple times including 2022 at the age of 87
World
There is no seeming end to the variety of ways that people do global circumnavigations these days. If you want to get an idea of this, check out the wikipedia list of circumnavigations. The maritime trips are not separated into a list here, but there are many of them on the list, including the amazingly fast record achieved by the IDEC SPORT.
More Adventurers Websites
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- California to Hawaii
- solo paddle 2021 from California to Hawaii ended due to equipment failure, returned and successfully completed in 2022
- Atlantic Crossing 2024-25
- Richard Kohler planned solo 2020 Atlantic crossing on hold due to CV-19, turned back in 2022 due to equipment problems, successful with re-attempt finished in 2023 (South Africa to Brazil)
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Surfskis for Journeys?
- Dougal's Epic Adventure (Circumnavigation Britain by surfski 2023, Surfski 5500 km around Europe solo '22)
- Expedition Portal (logistics for small vessels, SUPs, etc.)
- Vancouver Island Circumnavigation Attempt in Surfski Nicholas Cryder 2017
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Expedition Businesses
Books
- Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent Joe Glickman
- Water Borne: A 1,200 Mile Paddleboarding Pilgrimage Dan Rubinstein Ottawa , Montreal, New York, Toronto, Ottawa
- Paddle: A Long Way Around Ireland Jasper Winn
- Paddle To The Amazon Don Starkell
- Running the Amazon Joe Kane
- Shooting the Boh Tracy Johnston
- The Emerald Mile Kevin Fedarko
- The Girl Who Reached for the Stars Bonnie Hancock
- The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage California to Hawaii
- The Sea Runners Ivan Doig
Film/Video
- Crossing Scotland in an Amphibious Canoe Ben Kilner
- Ireland Circumvavigation Video Sea Kayak 1500 km
- Beau Miles Bass Strait Crossing - Video Series
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Photo Texas Old School Cavers: various photographers
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