Press – Arctic Cowboys

Our goal, since the idea came across my mind back in 2019, was to be the first team to kayak the entire 2000+ miles of the infamous Northwest Passage, which wound its way through the Canadian [...]

After four days of waiting out gale force winds, the Texas-based trio of paddlers known as the Arctic Cowboys are poised to launch their attempt to kayak the entire Northwest Passage.

The Northwest Passage’s days as a mysterious, notoriously difficult arctic sea route might be numbered. The world is warming and the passage connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific is opening for [...]

A Texas trio are about to attempt to kayak across the Northwest Passage, setting out from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, and paddling all the way to Tuktoyaktuk, N.T.

Want to see what it’s like ramping up to an expedition with a goal to do what has never been done? Rebekah Feaster, Jeff Wueste and I spent the last two weeks in a whirlwind of activity [...]

Meet the Canoe-Racing Texans Tackling The Arctic’s Toughest Passage BY JEFF MOAG   |   JUNE 10, 2022 All this weekend and into next week, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste will be paddling their [...]

Episode 329: West Hansen, the Arctic Cowboys and an expedition through the Northwest Passage  

Training on the river Livenza near my home in Sacile, Italy is going well. This river reminds me a little bit of the San Marcos River in Texas minus the swift current, all the rapids, and the [...]

So, Andrew Jordan at Templar Knives in the Netherlands, donated some pretty incredible stainless steel planet killers for the expedition members to take through the Northwest Passage. I mean, [...]