In July 2012, I will set off for my next expedition: the Polar American Traverse. After travelling a thousand kilometres over Siberian rivers in 2010 and 2011, I will now attempt to traverse North America by kajak and skis. The route is largely similar to the sea route of 10.000 kilometres from Asia to Europe, sailed for the first time by Roald Amundsen in 1906. If I succeed, I will be the first to cross Arctic America without mechanical support and the first to cover such a large distance in the Arctic! Get to know more.

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Siberian East 2011

In 2011 I went downstream the Indigirka River over a length of a thousand kilometres, into the extremely remote far east of Siberia. In five weeks I travelled from Suntar River to my destination, the town of Belaya Gora near the Arctic Ocean. More than once I left the kayak on the river bank, to walk into the deserted mountainranges along the way. Read my ebook or watch the videos.

Siberian Wild 2010

In 2010 I travelled two months in the Buryat republic, north-east from the Baikal Lake. I went up the Kotera and Angara Rivers to reach the mountainpass near the Muyiskiy Range. I returned downstream to get the train to Taksimo, where I replenished supplies to go further downstream the Muya and Vitim River. When I reached my destination, the town of Bodaybo, I had traveled a thousand kilometres through impressive nature. Read more about it in the ebook or watch the video Into the Siberian Wild from Yuri Klaver on Youtube.

Yuri in the News

Dutch national TV broadcasted a short documentary of the Siberia 2010 adventure. Op Pad magazine published an article about the Siberia 2011 expedition. I am currently writing articles for Sea Kayaker magazine and De Pers, a popular Dutch newspaper, to be published early 2012.