Dixie Dansercoer
Dirk "Dixie" Dansercoer (12 July 1962 – 7 June 2021) was a Belgian explorer, endurance athlete and photographer. He held records or won prizes for high altitude mountain biking, windsurfing, ultramarathon running, and expedition filmmaking. Biography. He provided polar guiding services through his companies Polar Circles and Polar Experience, with trips to both the Arctic polar regions and Antarctica. Dixie Dansercoer co-founded in 2011 with a few explorers a travel agency. Together with ultra-runners he also co-founded 'Polar Running Expeditions' in 2018, a new type of fast-paced polar expeditions. Dansercoer is a father of four . One of his children was born in 2002 while he was away on the "Ultimate Arctic Crossing". Death. Dansercoer died on 7 June 2021 during an expedition in Greenland at the age of 58. He went missing after falling into a glacier gorge. It is unclear if his body can be recovered. A search and rescue team descended into the crevasse and located his sled at a depth of 25 m, but was unable to find him after descending a further 15 m. No further rescue attempts were undertaken. Dansercoer recorded in his last journal entry at 443 km of  the destination Qaanaaq "nice temperatures, terrain wonderful and perfect visibility". According to his partner Sebastien Audy, Dansercoer was manhauling the sled when the accident occurred and aware that the duo had strayed into a crevasse zone.