Hamidur Rahmann, who has lived in Germany since 2004, got himself to Qaanaaq, Greenland and then tried to walk across the frozen Davis Strait into Canada. He didn’t make it. There’s nothing in the article that mentions where he actually intended to get to. The nearest land is Ellesmere Island, but there are only a couple of populated settlements there: a research station (Eureka), a military base (Alert) and one small village (Grise Fiord), all over 200 miles away. At any rate, it’s probably best that he was discovered before he died of starvation and exposure.

This is reminiscent of the Romanian who tried to sail to Grise Fiord last year.