The Explorer Spirit
We started our arctic adventures in 1985. In 1995, Richard Weber and his friend Misha Malakhov, in the spirit of the early explorers, completed the first, and only journey to the North Pole and back with no outside assistance. We’ve lead the world’s first commercial North Pole trip in 1993. Today, we lead ski trips to the geographic North Pole and remote areas of the High Arctic. Most of these areas are seldom, if ever visited by man.

Why The Arctic?
The Arctic is such a vast and amazing region. We are passionate about it and feel everyone should visit the Arctic at least once in their lifetime. Canadian Arctic Holidays strives to be the best arctic outfitter by offering our clients well researched, safely guided, and superbly outfitted trips.

Special Routes
All our trips are carefully researched and selected for amazing scenery, abundant wildlife or re-tracing historical routes. Since most of our Clients have travelled with us on prior trips, we have to continually come up to new, innovative and exciting routes.

Group Travel
Travel in remote arctic regions requires experience, planning and preparation. We use our unique experience to properly plan and prepare your trip in every detail. Our guides are highly experienced individuals who have a love for arctic adventure. Our groups, typically 6 to 8 people in size are wonderfully diverse. All our guests share a love for the outdoors, exploration and discovery. Planning your own trip can be time consuming and expensive. Let us do the work and you could make new friends too!.

Richard Weber & Josée Auclair
Josée and Richard both started skiing at an early age. Richard was competing by age six and a member of Canada's National CrossCountry Ski Team by age eighteen. He retired in 1985 with twenty national titles. Richard has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineer from the University of Vermont. Richard has co-authored two books about his adventures. Josée also spent some years competing for Canada on the National ski team. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany from the University of Vermont and a teaching certificate from the University of Quebec. Richard and Josée met while ski racing.

Richard’s Expedition Highlights
Richard made his first arctic expedition in 1985, his first North Pole journey in 1986. In 2007 he completed his sixth journey to the North Pole, starting from land. He has made more successful treks to the Pole than anyone in history.

• First North Pole trek with no re-supplies; 1986 Steger International Polar expedition
  
• First surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada;
  1988 Polar Bridge Expedition
  
• First commercial North Pole Trek; 1993 North Pole Dash – last degree
  
• First and only journey to the North Pole and back with no outside assistance;
  1995 Weber-Malakhov Expedition
  
• First snowshoe trek to the North Pole; first guided unsupported North Pole trek;
  North Pole classic 2006
  
• Richard has participated in more than 50 arctic and North Pole expeditions

Josée’s Expedition Highlights
Josée made her first arctic expedition in 1988, a first crossing of the Penny Ice Cap on Baffin Island. Her first North Pole experience was in 1999.

• 1999 – 2004 Annual treks covering the last degree to the North Pole
  
• Woman Quest; an all woman trek to the North Pole in 2001
  
• South Pole; 2007 an all woman trek covering the last degree to the South Pole

Tourism Experience
Richard and Josée started arctic tourism with the world’s first commercial North Pole trek in 1993, hiking and kayaking trips on Baffin Island. In 2000, they opened “Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge”, Canada’s most northerly lodge on Somerset Island in Nunavut. Arctic Watch Lodge is Nunavut’s largest and most unique tourism operation.

Tessum Weber
Tessum Weber, athlete and former ski racer, was born to be an adventurer. In the Arctic from the age of six weeks, he is now regarded as one of the foremost Arctic guides and experienced travelers in the arctic. Now seen as the most eligible candidate for leading polar expeditions with international clients – his experience ranges from technical projects such as leading sea kayaking trips, ski expeditions, hiking/trekking trips to logistical projects such as working with film crews in remote regions.

At the age of 21, Tessum is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Commerce with Specialization in Finance and spends his summers helping in the family business, Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge.

In quest of North Pole

Tessum Weber went to the North Pole in 2005, has taken part on a ski trek across Ellesmere Island (in Canada’s high Arctic), co-guided a trekking expedition through the remote Akshayuk pass on Baffin Island, Canada and has recently returned from trekking in Nepal.

Growing up with adventuresome parents, Tessum is looking to pursue a similar path taken by that of Richard and Josée. He plans to trek to the North Pole from Canada this coming winter with his father – becoming the youngest person ever to complete the 800 km trek.

www.TessumWeber.com

Nansen Weber
Nansen is a high school student and a nationally ranked cross-country skier competitor. For most of his life Nansen has spent his summers in the arctic. At age five, he spent the summer with an Inuit family at an outpost camp on Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island. He is a loves to guide the fishing trips and to look for wildlife.