| 1953 |
Bernard
Voyer was born on March 7, in Rimouski. |
| 1970 |
Bernard
climbed his first mountains, in
the Canadian
Rockies, including Mont Cascade
(2 998m). |
| 1978 |
He
skied across Baffin
Island for the first time (200
kilometres). He would do so again
three more times, in 1990, 1991
and 1995. |
| 1979-97 |
5000
km by canoe in various parts of
Quebec. |
| 1979 |
600
km by canoe down the roaring De
Pas and George
Rivers, from Schefferville to
Kangiqsualujjuaq, to Ungava
Bay. |
| 1980-90 |
Ten
treks adding up to thousands of
kilometres throughout the High
Atlas mountains of Morocco. |
| 1980-91 |
Many
different climbs in the French
Alps. |
| 1989 |
He
crossed the Great Western Erg region
of the Sahara
desert. |
| 1991 |
200
kilometres by canoe down the La
Romaine River on the Lower North
Shore of Quebec. |
| 1992 |
A
world first: Bernard skied across
the four icecaps of Ellesmere
Island (1 000 km). |
| 1993 |
First
Canadian to reach the North
Magnetic Pole on skis. |
| 1994 |
Bernard
reached the North
Geographic Pole from Siberia,
leaving from a floating scientific
base. |
| 1995 |
First
Canadian to ski across Greenland,
650 km from east to west. Communicated
by satellite telephone. |
| 1996 |
Thierry
Pétry and Bernard Voyer crossed
the Antarctic and reached the South
Pole on skis, with no outside
assistance, on January 12, at 10:47 a.m.
It took them 65 days to cover 1 500
km, each of them pulling a 170 kg
load. |
| 1997 |
Bernard
reached the summit of Mont
Maïpo (5 100m) in
Argentina. |
| 1997 |
On
January 12, he reached the summit
of Aconcagua
(6 959m) in Argentina, the
highest mountain in the Americas. |
| 1997 |
First
Everest
attempt. Bad weather kept him from
reaching the summit. |
| 1998 |
On
December 21, he reached the summit
of Kilimanjaro
(5 896m), highest mountain
on the African continent. |
| 1998 |
He
canoed down the Rupert
River. |
| 1999 |
On
May 5, Bernard Voyer reached the
summit of Mount
Everest (8 850m), the highest
mountain on Earth. |
| 1999 |
Ecuador:
ascent of Fuya
Fuya 4 280m. Summit December
15. |
| 1999 |
Ecuador:
ascent of Imbabura
4 621m. Summit December 19. |
| 1999 |
Ecuador:
ascent of the highest active volcano
on earth, the Cotopaxie,
5 897m. Summit December 27. |
| 2000 |
Colombia:
ascent Cumbal
an active volcano at 4 764m.
Summit January 6. |
| 2000 |
Ecuador
: ascent of the country’s
highest mountain, the Chimborazo
6 310m. Summit January 9. |
| 2000 |
July
15, the first Quebeker to summit
Mount
Carstensz 4 884m, the highest
peak of Oceania. |
| 2000 |
October
14, he summited Mount
Elbrus 5 642m, the highest
mountain of the European continent.
|
| 2001 |
On
July 2sd, Bernard, Nathalie and
Dorjee Sherpa, have reached the
summit of Mount
McKinley (6 194m.) the
highest summit of the North American
continent. |
| 2001 |
On
December 10, he stood atop the world's
coldest peak, Mount
Vinson (4 897m), in Antarctica,
crowning his exceptional World Tour
via the highest mountain each of
the seven continents. |
| 2003 |
On
January 5th, Bernard and Nathalie
reached the summit of Australia,
Mount
Kosciuszko, 2 228m. |
| 2004 |
Reached
the top of Mount
Fuji, Japan at 3 776m on July
4. |
| 2005 |
May
21th : Once again on the top of
Mount
Fuji. |
|
By reaching both poles, circling
the globe with its tremendous exploits,
Bernard Voyer becomes one of a very
rare breed of modern explorers. |
