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Nobody’s River is a an all-women expedition on one of the world’s greatest and least known free-flowing rivers, the Amur. The goal of the two-month, 4,400-kilometer project is to travel, document, and collect data on this incredible river from its remote Mongolian headwaters near the birthplace of Genghis Khan, across the vastness of the Russian…
Four Women Kayakers Prepare for “Nobody’s River” Source-to-Sea Expedition
Posted by Emily Nuchols on March 6, 2013 
“The Amur River is a vivid reminder of the rich biodiversity an untamed river can support. We are excited to support this brave team of Young Explorers grantees in exploring this important ecosystem, in true National Geographic fashion.” —Rebecca Martin, Executive Director of National Geographic’s Expeditions Council In May, four women will embark on a…
Kamchatka Whitewater Expedition: Source-to-Sea Kayaking in Wildest Russia (Photos)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 14, 2010 Bryan Smith is leading a team of whitewater kayakers on a month long expedition to Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula. Funded by the National Geographic Society’s Expedition Council, the team will be attempting several source-to-sea first descents of previously un-run rivers, as well as working with a diverse team of scientists, NGOs, and locals to help…
Kamchatka Expedition: Kayakers Attempt Source-to-Sea First Descents in Wildest Russia
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 6, 2010 Bryan Smith is leading a team of whitewater kayakers on a month long expedition to Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula. Funded by the National Geographic Society’s Expedition Council, the team will be attempting several source-to-sea first descents of previously un-run rivers, as well as working with a diverse team of scientists, NGOs, and locals to help…
Video: Surfing the Arctic Circle
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 23, 2009 Last spring, we followed Ed Viesturs and the Fist Ascent team as they powered their way up Everest (see the photos, videos, and dispatches). Meanwhile, First Ascent was also sponsoring a very different group of trailblazers who were pushing into just as forbidding territory, not in search of summits, but of waves. This summer, an…
Photo in the News: Award-Winning Look at Remote Russia
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 27, 2009 ADVENTURE Contributing Photographer Aaron Huey took Third Place in the Picture of the Year International's "Feature Single" category for an amazing image taken while on assignment with writer McKenzie Funk to hitchhike clear across Russia. Their gutsy plan turned out to be one of last year's most ambitious adventures—traveling from Vladivostok, a Russian port on the Sea of…
News: World’s Rarest Leopard Found in Russia
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 30, 2008 Good news from the Wildlife Conservation Society: The world’s rarest big cat is alive and well. At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week.The capture was made in Primorsky Krai along the Russian-Chinese border…
News: Russia’s “Man-Eating” Kamchatka Bears Face an Unsavory Fate
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 30, 2008 Text by Andrew Burmon The summer snows on the Kamchatka Peninsula began to thaw last week just as the world press turned its spotlight on this oft-forgotten corner of Siberia. After the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported that two guards at the Koryakgeologia Mine near Khailino had been mauled to death by a rampaging gang…
News: Russia’s Kamchatka Opens Up
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 14, 2008 Claim a first ascent on an inactive volcano with new regular flights to the Pacific Ring of Fire. Text by Kirkpatrick Reardon It just got easier to explore it on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the most volcanic region on Earth with 29 active volcanoes (several of them over 10,000 feet tall), rivers rushing with 30-inch rainbow…
