Swan Dive
Swan Dive
Ron Rothberg and Stu Sheldon
Artie Ahier - "Endurance" - From Hospitality Host to Arctic Adventurer
1 hour 4 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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Artie Ahier developed a fascination with all things polar after reading Endurance at age 13. The harrowing story of Shackleton’s Antarctic misadventure so gripped young Artie that he spent his whole life dreaming of one day experiencing that desolate, people-less land. Raised in his family’s restaurant in a small New Brunswick town on Canada's Restigouche River, Artie always found happiness in nature on the water. His family didn't travel much, so his original seed of exploring the big world ...