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Knud Rasmussen and his frequent expedition partner Peter Freuchen were the real deal. In fact, Freuchen was the first Historical Badass featured in Adventure Journal quarterly, in our premier issue. A few of Rasmussen’s books have been translated into English and are widely available, including The People of the Polar North and Eskimo Tales. Freuchen was more prolific: Start with Vagrant Viking (1957) or I Sailed With Rasmussen (1958).

Speaking of prolific, author Wade Davis has written twenty-three books, including Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest; The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic; and, his most recent, Magdalena: River of Dreams. A former explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, Davis is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. @wadedavisofficial

Science and technology writer Greg Miller calls maps “a gateway drug into many areas of science, history, and culture.” A former editor of Wired magazine, in 2013 he cofounded a cartography blog there called Map Lab with Betsy Mason, with whom he wrote the book from which this story is excerpted. The blog, now independent, is called Map Dragons. mapdragons.com, @mapdragons. For fewer maps and more Miller, go to gregmiller.co.

A dedicated earn-your-turns skier, author Matthew Tufts estimates that he “holds the dubious distinction of having spent more time going uphill on skis than in descent.” The three months he stayed in Chaltén were the longest stretch not living in his truck in years. “Funny how going away to the end of the earth felt like settling down into a home.” matthew-tufts.com, @matthew_tufts

Kari Medig grew up in a cabin in the boreal forest of northern British Columbia. In 2015, Powder magazine—yes, that Powder—published Dawn In Siberia, the magazine’s debut book, inspired by Medig’s photos while on assignment across Russia. In addition to photography, Medig has joined numerous ski expeditions, including the first seven-hundred-kilometer traverse of the St. Elias mountain range in the Yukon and Alaska. He now lives in Nelson, British Columbia. karimedigphoto.com, @kari_medig

The first rule of safety in bear country is don’t wear a slab of bacon around your neck. The second rule is to get educated about bears and their habits before you venture out. Here’s a good place to begin: bearsmart.com

Author Gloria Dickie is a freelance journalist based on Vancouver Island, Canada. She’s currently writing a book for W.W. Norton on how humans interact with, and threaten, the eight species of bears. gloriadickie.com, @gloriadickie

Photos: Garrett Grove, garrettgrove.com, @grove_garrett. Aaron Teasdale, @aaronteasdale.

Zaria Forman partners with Protect Our Winters to fight the climate emergency (as does AJ). If you’re looking for more ways to have a positive impact, head to protectourwinters.org.

Forman’s work is represented by Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York and Seattle, which you can contact about purchasing her drawings. winstonwachter.com. To see more of her art, including a time-lapse of a drawing taking form in her studio, visit zariaforman.com. @zariaforman

In the annus horribilis of 2020, the Banff Mountain Film Festival was conducted online, but when normalcy returns to these parts you can attend in person and sign up for workshops, which include mountain photography, adventure filmmaking, and mountain and wilderness writing. banffcentre.ca

Showing yet again her knack for cultivating beauty, after her interview Bernadette McDonald went back to work wrapping up the grape harvest in the small vineyard she runs with her husband. Her new book, Winter 8000, can be found wherever books are sold. At a matter of fact, so can all her books.

Senior editor Emily White writes from Shilshole Bay Marina, where her boathome sways in the Northwest winter.

Do you have a collection of old outdoor industry materials such as brand catalogs or defunct magazines? If so, the archivists at Utah State would love to hear from you. Get in contact at [email protected]. Just want to rabbithole the archive? Start your journey at exhibits.usu.edu.

Michael Wejchert is a writer and climber from Madison, New Hampshire, a stone’s throw from the brittle ice and great rock of the White Mountains. He’s climbed all over the globe, but Newfoundland has gotten under his skin and he’ll be going back, no matter how long it takes him to get there. He and his wife live in a very small cabin in the woods with no running water but plenty of climbing gear. michaelwejchert.com, @mikeywejchert

Photos: Christopher Beauchamp, christopherbeauchamp.com, @christopherbeauchamp

After traveling full-time in their self-converted Ford Transit van, Megan McDuffie and Michael van Vliet have landed in Bend, Oregon. freshoffthegrid.com, @freshoffthegrid

None other than ski photography éminence grise Scott Markewitz said this of Dave Reddick: “Dave’s vision over the last twenty-five years has had as much, or more, influence on the style and trends in ski photography as the photographers out there shooting the sport. Whenever I get a really good shot I’m excited about, one of the first things that comes to mind is, ‘Dave’s really going to like this shot.’”

See more of Reddick’s work at davereddick.com, @davidreddick