Rush Sturges (Director, Producer), Sarah McNair-Landry (Producer, Filmmaker), Erik Boomer (Producer, Filmmaker), Skip Armstrong (Director & Editor) | 2025 | 26 min.
2026 Official Selection
Join adventurers Erik and Sarah on yet another epic Baffin vacation as they kite ski north along the remote coastline of Baffin. Over their 69-day holiday they ski mountains, climb an epic big wall, and cross a glacier in search of new rivers to white water kayak.
Rush Sturges (Producer, Director)
Rush Sturges is an acclaimed adventure filmmaker and professional Whitewater kayaker. Rush has spent equal time in front of and behind the cameras, direction and producing projects like “The River Runner” as well as branded content for companies like Ford, Mexico Tourism, National Geographic, and Polaris.
Skip Armstrong (Director, Editor)
Skip Armstrong has worked in film for over 15 years as a Director, Director of Photography, and areal DP. Skip is the consummate perfectionist and prides himself on environment adaptability, good humored fun, and above all else, creating exceptions images. His films and contributions have received awards from major international film festival including Telluride Film Festival and Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Erik Boomer (Filmmaker, Producer)
Erik Boomer specializes in adventure photography and film in the most hostile environments, from the Tajikistan to Antarctica to the Canadian Arctic. When not behind the camera, Erik Boomer kayaks some of the world’s toughest rivers. He has since branched out into polar expeditions - in 2011 Boomer became the first to circumnavigate Ellesmere Island on a 100-day ski and sea kayak expedition. Since he has embarked on a 120-day dog sledding expedition around Baffin Island and has crossed Greenland towing his kayak to access to source of a remote white-water river.
@erikboomer
Sarah McNair-Landry (Filmmaker, Producer)
Sarah works in film and has directed and produced many documentaries, from adventure films, to environment documentaries, to experimental art installations. When she is not filming, she is a polar guide and arctic adventurer. The first woman to be recognized by the International Polar Guides Association as Master Polar Guide, Sarah grew up with the Arctic Ocean and team of dogs in her backyard. No stranger to the cold, she is the youngest person to travel to both the North and South Pole, has traversed the Greenland Ice Cap five times, kite skied the Northwest passage and spent 120 days circumnavigating Baffin Island by dog team. She owns and runs NorthWinds Expeditions.
www.northwindsexpeditions.com / @sarahmcnairlandry
