Mike Livingston, an Alaskan police officer, is reviving Aleut traditional kayaks. “When you hand-make your own gear, it becomes yours, and you become your kayak.” — Mike Livingston, builder of ...

Kayaks and history lessons At Garden Spot, woodworking students build and paddle around in replicas of kayaks from Greenland and Aleutian Islands. P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters Apr 4, 2010 Updated Sep ...

Buffeted by wind, shoved by swells, John Weed and I paddled to Fort Ross -- a Russian colonial outpost on the Sonoma County coast, now a state historic park. It was our third straight day of rough ...

WHEELER – You may have noticed them suspended from rafters in front of the Nehalem Bay Kayak Co., in Wheeler – sleek, semi-transparent water craft which seem to hearken from another culture, another ...

Cold Bay to Unalaska is nearly 200 miles. By plane, it takes about an hour. By kayak, it's nearly a month. Akio Shinya made the trip -- with three others -- in 24 days. "I am old man, 69-years-old," ...

MARTINEZ — Every other day for more than 30 years, Steve Kaspar can be seen out at the marina with one of the kayaks he built. As he sits snugly in his kayak, a wave of calm envelops him as soon as he ...

A 29-year-old woman has completed part of her around the world trek by kayaking the Aleutian Chain. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

For the past three years, a British woman has been trying to travel around the globe using only her own strength. Sarah Outen has biked through China and rowed the Pacific Ocean. Now, she’s in the ...

Oliver Smith is The Telegraph’s Deputy Head of Travel and has been writing about holidays for almost 20 years, covering everything from airline bag fees to the best Greek islands. He can be contacted ...

George Dyson started out as a boat builder and designer, and still constructs great sea-going kayaks to Aleutian designs that are thousands of years old. His 1997 book, Darwin Among the Machines, ...