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.

Dixie Dansercoer co-founded in 2011 with a few explorers a travel agency.

[11] 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.