An epic photo gallery with insightful captions from Korbulic and Stookesberry’s trip to explore the rivers of the frozen north and the land of the midnight sun.

Chris Korbulic and Ben Stookesberry head true north to brave 37-degree Arctic flows and descend extreme rivers that run from glacier to sea in locations such as the Svalbard Archipelago and Southern Greenland.

Chris Korbulic recently returned from the heart of Africa while filming for the next season of Kaiak with First Ascent athlete Ben Stookesberry. This is his gallery of his most powerful images from the expedition.

From Bhutan to Brazil, few kayakers have logged more air miles to exotic destinations than First Ascent athletes Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic. In this report on Africa, Korbulic tries to make sense of traveling and time.