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Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

The Yukon River Quest—an insane 444-mile canoe race between Whitehorse and Dawson City—involves 50 or so hours of nearly constant paddling. (Yukon-based Eva Holland, who's a pal, wrote this.


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Nearly 70 teams paddle the Yukon River in “Race to the Midnight Sun

Race History. The Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race gets its name from the "highway of the north," which is the Yukon River and the historical winter land routes travelled by prospectors, adventurers and mail and supply carriers traveling between the gold fields of the Klondike and those in the Alaska interior.


Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

Race results See how they've stacked up Unlike most other events, the Yukon 1000 race is unique for its requirement for ultimate self reliance and the remote and dangerous adventure experience. Best ever times Kayak 1 5 Days 11 Hrs 48 Mins Bend Racing, USA (Daniel Staudigel, Jason Magness) 2022 2 6 Days 2 Hrs 11 Mins Team Hendron, UK


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Position your mouse over the Track Data for a team to see more details. If a checkpoint time in underlined, click on it to see a picture of your team at that checkpoint. Click on the left arrow in any column to hide that column. Click on the residual right arrow to restore it. Note, Estimated times are projections, Tentative times are interpolated.


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The race is scheduled to start on Feb. 3 at Shipyards Park in Whitehorse. Yukon Quest Canada executive director Ben Smith said organizers were "definitely concerned" about the lack of cold and.


Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

The Yukon River Quest is an annual marathon paddling race. Paddlers come from around the world to test their endurance, racing day and night to the Klondike on one of North America's great rivers. It is open to solo and tandem canoes and kayaks, solo stand-up paddle boards (SUPs, and bigger C4 and Voyageur canoes.


Bart de Zwart Completes the Epic 'Yukon River Quest' in Record Time of

Paddling Hard on the Yukon River Quest. The paddlers are thankful for the coffee and cookies. At 460 miles the Yukon River Quest is the longest canoe and kayak race in the world. Except for two mandatory rest stops contestants race non-stop down the mighty Yukon River. Only the strongest and some might say the most foolhardy enter this race.


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Jan 10, 2024. BMC Minerals' Kudz ze Kayah project, a proposed $381-million dollar mine located 115 km south of the Ross River Dena Council (RRDC) in Ross River, Yukon. Photo: BMC. A Yukon judge says Canada and Yukon must go back to the negotiating table with the Kaska Nation over a proposed mine in the territory after concerns they weren't.


Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

Official Race Rules for the 24th Yukon River Quest Marathon Paddling Race YRQ Rules 2024 (posted in English Nov. 15, 2023 - subject to change). At the end is a separate Required Gear Appendix for printing, including the First Aid Kit. There will be no translations of this document - English is the official language of the race.


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The World's Most Grueling Race Journeys 1,000 Miles Down the Yukon In a test of skill and courage, competitors navigate dangerous river rapids, narrow channels and rummaging bears in the.


Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

The 715-kilometer (444-mile) race is run on the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territory in late June. The race passes through the traditional lands of five Yukon First Nations and honours the cultures of those who have lived off the river and nurtured it for centuries.


Yukon River Quest kicks off in Whitehorse North CBC News

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Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

Yukon 1000 Canoe Race. 4,601 likes · 7 talking about this · 27 were here. World's longest paddle race. 1000 miles Yukon River. 2024 full. Register.


Yukon River Quest Race to the Midnight Sun

The Yukon River Quest is the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. [1] The Yukon River Quest's stated mission is, "To challenge paddlers in a world class wilderness event - a race to the midnight sun." The race takes place in late June / early July. Route The race is 715 km / 444 miles on the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City.


Meet the Pioneering Paddlers of the Yukon River Quest, the Epic 715km

The Yukon River Quest is the most remote, endurance paddle race in the world. Five SUP paddlers took part in the race which was held over July 4-7, 2023 with Göran Gustavsson taking the win in a time of just over 57 hours. Known as the "Race to the Midnight Sun", the Yukon River Quest is the world's toughest and alluring marathon.