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44 years later, Wenatchee-area adventurers revisit journey into the Canadian Arctic
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Year 2 Day 8 - M8-03 Stehekin Zero
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Eight hours after drilling an adjacent hole in the Arctic ice, this photographer finally captured a polar bear staring straight into his DSLR lens
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First to complete 500-mile Alaska Long Trail, a veteran, traded machine gun for lightweight pack
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Hiking Norway's heavily monitored Russian border
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