“The Polar Road” is a 13-minute video from French creator Antoine Collet that tracks an attempted deep-winter crossing of Finland. It captures the beauty, struggle, and frustration of a bikepacking expedition that didn’t go to plan. Watch it here…

Premiered last month, The Polar Road by Antoine Collet of MOOA Studio chronicles a midwinter bikepacking journey across the northern reaches of Finland with friend Michel Biel. It shares a cinematically rich look at a ride that didn’t go as expected. Despite careful planning and learning to work well together as a team, the Finnish weather ultimately had other ideas, forcing them to turn back.

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The Polar Road is an honest look at the wonder, the hardship, and the stress of a “failed” adventure. As Antoine writes, “Sometimes, the real expedition is accepting reality and adapting.” Watch it above, and find some other wintry posts from the archive in the Further Reading grid just below.

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