Witness History
Update: June 15, 2024: Karts is prepared to return to the Yukon River and then up to the Northwest Passage. He will publish a link so that you can track him on both expeditions. Karts is still paddling the Yukon River in memory of his brother Joe Huseonica. Donations and sponsorships are still being accepted. Go to the SUPPORT page to learn more.
Update: April 26, 2024: Karts is on track to paddle the last leg of his Yukon River expedition to be immediately followed by a Northwest Passage expedition skippered by Leven Sinclair Brown. Karts is still busy fundraising and seeking sponsors for the Passage expedition.
Karts will resume paddling the Yukon River in memory of his brother Joe Huseonica
Update: January 25, 2024: This summer, Karts will be returning to complete his Yukon River expedition AND join the Northwest Passage expedition. More details can be found here: https://www.yukon2020.com/blog
Update: December 17, 2023: I posted a short Blog post here: Yukon 2020 Expedition Blog — Yukon 2020™
Update: August 13, 2023: Karts is back home after having to cut short his expedition. Within 100 miles/160km of the Bering Sea, the winds were consistently outside the safety parameters of the expedition. On the advice of numerous official organizations and informed individuals, and with deteriorating forecasts, Karts was influenced to go home. See the PRESS section for more information.
Camping near the Alaskan border
Update: May 26, 2023: here is my publicly accessible GPS tracking link that will be activated on May 27 https://maps.findmespot.com/s/5K73. You will have to select timeframe and type of map after we put-in on May 27, or May 28 at the very latest.
Update: May 4, 2023: Karts is looking forward to meeting the first of his three guest paddlers who will paddle from Carmacks to Dawson City. The team meets with the Yukon First Nation’s on May 25th. Fundraising continues at GoFundMe page. Refer to the Press and Blog links on this Website to read about the expedition.
Update: January 13, 2023: Karts Huseonica has decided to dedicate his Yukon River expedition to his brother Joe Huseonica, 78, who passed away on Christmas morning. For more information, see BLOG.
Update: June 22, 2022: On the advice of several groups & individuals, Karts has stopped his expedition due to extreme flooding in the Yukon Territory. He’ll return to the river on May 27-28, 2023 to pick up where he left off in Carmacks, Yukon, Canada.
Karts paddling near Bennett Lake in late May 2022.
The decision was also made on the advice of local and regional authorities and for the respect of the river through the beliefs of the First Nations peoples. Karts did not want to be disrespectful.
Yukon 2020™ is an expedition to canoe 2,020 miles/3,250km of the Yukon River from Bennett Lake in the mountains of Canada to the Bering Sea in Alaska. Art “Karts” Huseonica, 72, will be the oldest documented male to open canoe the river. Frequently referred to as the “Kindness Expedition,” it has been postponed yet again until May 28, 2023 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions placed on the team by Canada and the Yukon Territory governments, and unprecedented 100-year flooding event on the river. The expedition plans to keep the branding name of Yukon 2020™. Representatives from Alaska Natives groups, Yukon First Nations, and the Metis Nation of Canada will be joining Karts for short river segments. For detailed expedition updates, click on the expedition’s BLOG link.
Even though Karts is getting older in numbers, he has no plans on slowing down anytime soon! At 72, Karts will be the oldest documented male to paddle the entire Yukon River in an open canoe!
Banner Video Courtesy of Hobnob Blingstone via YouTube. See the full video here.