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  • The Grit #4: The Lost Sea Expedition — finally, the whole story

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    May 5, 2026
  • The Lost Sea Expedition — Full Uncut Documentary Free on YouTube

    Twenty years ago, I (Bernie Harberts) hitched my mule Polly to a handmade wagon in Neptune, Saskatchewan and headed south. Three hundred and ninety-five days later we reached the Rio Grande at Fort Hancock, Texas. I filmed every mile of it myself — no crew, no drones, no AI. Just paper maps, two movie cameras, and a charming mule to keep me company.

    Click to watch the Lost Sea Expedition trailer. Stream the full documentary free on YouTube.

    The Lost Sea Expedition premiered on Rocky Mountain PBS and won the WINNIE Award at the EQUUS International Film Festival. For years the only way to watch it was chopped into four pieces to fit the broadcast format.

    Today, for the first time, the full uncut feature-length version is free on YouTube.

    Watch the Lost Sea Expedition free on YouTube.

    May 1, 2026
  • The Grit #3: Jail to Sail – Birth of a Sailing Legend Sven Yrvind

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    April 20, 2026
  • The Grit #2: 5,000 Miles on a $1 Horse With Sea G Rhydr

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    March 16, 2026
  • Travel Grit #1: 105 days at sea in a 5′ 4″ boat with Hugo Vihlen

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    March 1, 2026
  • Thies Matzen: Wanderer III — Southern Ocean by the Stars | Travel Grit Transcript

    Thies Matzen and his wife Kicki Ericson have sailed 150,000 miles aboard Wanderer III — their 30-foot wooden sloop — much of it through the Southern Ocean. They overwintered at South Georgia Island for two years and sailed to Antarctica on the smallest traditionally planked wooden boat to ever make that voyage.

    Listen to Thies tell his story here.

    Also on Travel Grit: Sven Yrvind was beaten by his teachers, built a boat in his mother’s basement and sailed into legend. Hear his story.

    Transcript
    February 26, 2026

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