![]() We used the same breed of dog, the Canadian Eskimo dog. ![]() What exactly did you do to mimic Peary’s mode of transportation? It struck me that those questions would continue to be asked until someone decided to recreate Peary’s journey. ![]() The real controversy seemed to stem from the length of time it took for him to get there. He was probably the toughest explorer who ever lived, but people still didn’t know if he got to the pole or not. The more I researched this guy, the more he sounded like an incredible man. But I was doing a bit of research and found out about this Peary guy, and it struck me that there was still controversy surrounding the North Pole. In British history, we’ve had lots of famous explorers like Scott and Shackleton who have been to Antarctica, but our Arctic explorers aren’t household names, which seems a bit odd since it’s on our doorstep whereas the South Pole is at the bottom of the world. Compared to the South Pole, I didn’t know much about it. I started turning my attention pretty quickly to the North Pole. Tom Avery: We had just taken this incredible adventure down to the South Pole, and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done but the most rewarding as well. And for a 33-year-old that has participated in more than a dozen major mountaineering and Arctic expeditions and countless smaller ones, it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine adventure-whatever that may look like-coursing through his bloodstream, right alongside his red and white blood cells.ĪDVENTURE had the chance to probe the mind of the young adventurer on how he got started, what inspires him, and how it feels to “solve” a 100-year-old mystery.ĪDVENTURE: How did you learn of Peary’s expedition? And out of all of history’s debated journeys, why choose to reenact this one? “That’s all I really want.”Īvery says that adventure is in his blood. “If we’ve helped to get people talking about Peary and Henson again, and if the world now sees their achievements in a more positive light than they did before our expedition, then I’d be content,” Avery says. For Avery, the expedition had been about more than books and world records all along. It’s no coincidence that the book-like the expedition four years ago-was released in the same month as Peary and Henson’s journey. This is exactly what Avery and his team had set out to do. Although it may never be proven for certain whether or not Peary had reached the pole, Avery and his team’s near-identical sojourn had successfully attested to its possibility. And not only did they reach the North Pole in 37 days, they made it there roughly five hours faster than Peary and Henson’s time, thus marking the fastest surface journey to the North Pole, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Despite the windchill bottoming out at negative 63 degrees Celsius and a host of other obstacles, the team made it. They proceeded to follow the same path, use the same breed and number of dogs, and ride sleds built from the same design Peary had used 100 years ago. And in his new book, To the End of the Earth, Avery details how he and his team may have finally put the century-old controversy to rest with them.Īvery’s team made base camp on Ellesmere Island in March 2005. Last week, on the anniversary of the Peary and Henson expedition, Avery organized a ceremony at the two explorers’ gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery. The debate continued until 2005, when renowned explorer Tom Avery and four others, set out to debunk the rumors by directly replicating the journey. They cited inconsistencies in Peary’s notes and the supposedly insurmountable challenges of navigating the Arctic Ocean as evidence against him. On April 6, 1909, a team of polar explorers led by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to have reached the North Pole in just 37 days. ![]() Old friends, well in their sixties, played by Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, decide to hike the 2,190 mile Appalachian Trail through American East.Ī movie full of humour with the famous hike landscapes also showcases the backpacking struggles, meeting new people along the way, and an endeavour of finishing the trip with untrustworthy and out of shape friend.Text by Keith Rutowski Photograph courtesy of Tom Avery Get inspired and don’t dream it live it! Best outdoor movies 1. Movies about the outdoors you haven’t heard of.To save you time, we’ve also included resources where exactly you can watch them! We’ve rounded up the 30 best outdoor movies and adventure documentaries that will inspire you to go outdoors and live a life full of adventure. These movies picture reality (many of them are based on real events) over dreams. We went way beyond and found movies you might have never heard of, but they surely leave you in awe. What you won’t find is over shared familiar movies like Indiana Jones or Eat Pray Love type.
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