Expedition reports

Date: February 2000.
Expedition members: Stan Chladeck, Nigel Dennis and Tom Burgh.

The excitement of another expedition is upon us, Antarctica. Although the area has been well visited over the years there has been very little kayaking done in this

Mission Statement

Dave Mackay and Jack Kotaska’s “Around the Rock” expedition aims to set a new speed record for the
self-propelled circumnavigation of the island of Newfoundland. The current speed record is held by Floridian
paddler Greg Stammer who achieved the feat solo

by Stan Chladek & Nigel Dennis

Why Easter Island? The world's most remote island is a small speck of land, some 2,600 miles from the South America mainland, 1,200 miles from Pitcairn Island and a thousand miles from Tahiti to the west. Towards the South there is

An Island of Heaven or Hell

Web sites:

www.templarfilmssouthgeorgia.com

www.nigeldenniskayaks.com

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A great paddle, tides, an open crossing, history, the Giants’ Causeway and a cave ridden stretch of chalk cliffs to finish.

Rathlin Island is situated off the North East coast of Ireland. The tide is strong flooding in through the North passage to the Irish Sea. Some research on tides

A magic group of islands steeped in history and wildlife. This small group of Islands is positioned approx 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides. Public transport to the Islands is non existent, so paddling out or chartering a boat are the only options. A must for sea kayakers, but I would

February 2004.

PADDLING IN TROUBLED WATERS.

Over the years I have crossed the Straits of Gibraltar eight times and only got into various degrees of trouble three times. Once due to weather and tide which resulted in a nine and a half hour slog to