(teams finishing under 55 hours received prize money) Solo Classes (Recipients of necklace from Gold Trail Jewellery as well as prize money) Open C1: #11 Wun-Num-Nut – Jeff Brainard, Ontario (49:36:34) #8 Eco Challenge Japan Hiro – Hiromune Imai, Japan (68:34:31) no...
Pre-race tally has 67 teams from nine countries entered in “Race to the Midnight Sun” The race roster is set for the 15th annual Yukon River Quest, which will begin on Wednesday, June 26 in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. This year’s field will feature 67 teams...
Saturday, June 1 Icebreaker Race: Marsh Lake dam toSchwatka Lake (28 km) The annual Icebreaker Race will be held on Saturday, June 1. The Icebreaker is a 28 kilometre race from Marsh Lake dam to Schwatka Lake. Register at the Schwatka Lake parking lot...
“Race to the Midnight Sun” is world’s longest annual canoe and kayak marathon WHITEHORSE, YUKON – Registrations are now being accepted for the 15th annual Yukon River Quest which will be held June 26 to June 30, 2013. The 715-kilometer (444-mile) wilderness adventure...
(teams finishing under 55 hours received prize money) Solo Classes (Recipients of necklace from Gold Trail Jewellery as well as prize money) Open C1: #29 Voyageur Buckaroo – Mark Fletcher, Haines Jct., Yukon (57:41) #53 Team Hellbender – David Hasenbeck, Missouri...
More than a dozen countries represented in “Race to the Midnight Sun” The race roster is set for the 14th annual Yukon River Quest, which will begin on Wednesday, June 27 in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. This year’s field will feature 69 teams with 188 paddlers...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2012 73 teams already signed up for 14th annual “Race to the Midnight Sun” WHITEHORSE, YUKON – There are two weeks left before the May 15 registration deadline for the 14th annual Yukon River Quest, which will be held June 27 to July 1,...
Whitehorse Star Story by Michael Onesi (June 16, 1999) Canoeing isn’t known as a painful sport. You wouldn’t know it from the injury report of myself and partner Jason Murphy last week after completing the world’s longest canoe race — the 700-kilometre Yukon River...
Whitehorse Star, June 28, 2004 A HELPING HAND – Now solo kayak record holder Stephen Mooney of Whitehorse is helped out of his kayak by fellow Yukoner tim Hodgson at the finish line in Dawson City Friday night. Hodgson and his canoe partner Chris Gerwing of...
