Documenting rare cultures and remote landscapes across Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere.
2019 Canoe • Finland
The Lakeland Traverse
An 800 km canoe journey through the Finnish Lakeland, exploring the cultural cornerstone of the sauna and its similarities to Canadian tradition.
2004 Canoe • Scandinavia
Across Asgaard
An 800 km canoe traverse through Norway, Sweden, and Finland, retracing ancient Viking trade routes above the Arctic Circle.
Lines Beyond The Border. Where the trail leaves the continent. A comprehensive record of global discovery spanning the Earth's most diverse terrains. From re-tracing historic marches in the Borneo jungle to documenting the melting edges of the Antarctic Peninsula, this is the documented evidence of a life lived in every corner of the map.
Use the dropdown below to view international expedition details from the past 30+ years.
Beyond the borders of North America, Frank’s career as an explorer has spanned five continents and the world’s most demanding environments.
From the tiger-dense jungles and remote grade V whitewater of Northern Laos to cycling the 1,000-kilometer volcanic spine of Java, his journeys bridge the gap between extreme athletics and cultural journalism.
These global missions include retracing millennium-old Viking trade routes across Scandinavia, trekking the tragic history of the Sandakan Death March in Borneo, and documenting the fragile marine ecosystems of the Antarctic Peninsula.
International Expeditions: 1995 — 2009
1. 2000Phuket, Paddles and Pirates 3-Month Sea Kayak / Whitewater SE Asia
3 months; expedition leader/photographer/writer. Sea-kayaked 300 km down the west coast of Thailand; last foreigners to white water kayak the Selangor River in Malaysia before it was dammed. Marooned ourselves in a remote corner of Java after destroying our kayak in 6 meter surf.
2. 2001Chasing the Dragon 1,000 km by Bicycle Indonesia
20 days; co-expedition leader/photographer/writer. Cycled 1000 km across Java while ascending six 10,000 foot volcanoes along the way. Eventually forced to stop by Islamic fundamentalist threats in wake of WTC disaster.
Photography/writing. Was a member of the first commercial expedition to travel down the Nam Ha River in north-western Laos where we made the first outside contact with indigenous people in a remote jungle village.
4. 2002Mekong Rapids/Kong Lo Cave Expedition Kayak Cambodia/Laos
Photographer/writer covering a team of Russian white water kayakers as they attempted numerous first descents of the notorious Mekong rapids at the Cambodia/Laos border. Our team also paddled the Nam Hinboun River through 7 km-long Kong Lo cave in central Laos.
Videographer on a tiger-tracking expedition during the 2nd descent down the Nam Pha River, a remote grade III-V white water river in Northern Laos. Two first-contacts with indigenous tribes en route.
Expedition leader/videographer/writer for 26-day, 800 km canoe expedition that started on the Norwegian Coast, 200 km above the Arctic Circle. RETRACED a millennium-old Viking/Sami trade route.
7. 2004Source of the Motoco Foot Patagonia, Argentina
Photographer on assignment for Outpost Magazine. The expedition retraced the Sandakan Death March, a 250 km route through the jungle where 2500 Australian and British POW’s died in 1945.
Three men- Frank Wolf, Kevin Vallely, and Dave Norona- take on a treacherous hike through the remote Scottish Highlands in their quest to achieve an elusive goal.
International Expeditions: 2010 — Present
10. 2019TRIPPING THROUGH SAUNALAND 800 km by Canoe Finnish Lakeland, Finland
Expert wilderness guiding for Quark Expeditions. This photo was taken Jan. 10, 2026 during a zodiac cruise by Peterman Island yesterday, here’s a peek into what I do in Antarctica during Jan/Feb Austral summer…working with my great teammates at @quarkexpeditions, we take guests around to see wildlife and experience the sheer scale and splendour of the Frozen Continent.
Thanks to @thelifeof.forman for the shot!
X-Quest is a series of adventure documentaries produced by Frank Wolf (2003-2006) that capture the essence of extreme, self-propelled exploration in the world's most demanding environments.
The episodes aired on the Canadian television networks CTV, CBC, and CTV Travel.
