- Stephan Kesting
- June 28, 2026
Solo Arctic Expedition 2026 – The Tha-Anne River
The Tha-Anne River first started flowing through my imagination in August 2019. After 42 days of criss-crossing Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nunavut, I was descending the
- Stephan Kesting
- August 11, 2025
Canoeing the East Arm of Great Slave Lake
CIRCUMNAVIGATE (cir·cum·nav·i·gate ˌsər-kəm-ˈna-və-ˌgāt)“To go completely around especially by water” The Canadian Shield is a land of undulating rock, endless lakes, a stark beauty that is difficult
- Stephan Kesting
- June 28, 2025
Two Easy Dinners for Canoeing, Hiking and Camping
All my expeditions over the past few years (my 1000-Mile Solo, the Seal River, the Nahanni, the Lost in the Barrens Expedition) have been fuelled
- Stephan Kesting
- December 1, 2024
Lost in the Barrens 2024, Solo Canoe Trip
In the summer of 2024 I undertook a difficult solo canoe expedition that went deep into the Canadian tundra down the Thlewiaza River, from Nueltin
- Stephan Kesting
- November 25, 2024
Why Did Stephan Kesting Do His Solo Trip?
It was a warm June day, and I was in the hospital. The gurney rumbled through the holding area on its way to the operating
- Stephan Kesting
- June 16, 2024
Lost in the Barrens, a Solo Canoe Trip on a Remote Arctic River
Trip Overview This is the story of a solo canoe trip into the Barren Lands of Northern Canada that I did in the summer of