Beyond the Limits: Remembering Legendary Japanese Adventurer Uemura Naomi

The twin peaks of Nunatak Uemura poke out from the Greenland icesheet. The mountain was named in honor of the adventurer, who chose the pinnacles as the ending spot of his 1978 crossing of the island. (© Yanagi Akinobu)

A plaque placed by the Danish government in the village of Narsaq, the settlement nearest to Nunatak Uemura, honoring the explorer. (© Yanagi Akinobu)

Uemura talks at the Japan National Press Club on September 1, 1978, following his crossing of Greenland. (© Jiji)

Denali in winter. The remains of Uemura were never recovered from the mountain. (© Yanagi Akinobu)