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I don't pole, or at least not yet, but I could be convinced to try it. Here is a fun K Callan/Maine Canoe Symposium video that pretty much says it all... ...but there's so much more to be said and shown by all you polers out there I'm sure. Why do you pole and where?

P1 BLADE, BODY, BOAT The Physics of Paddling I March 11 /July 14 1 Blade [the paddle in water] Paddlers transmit body power through the paddle blade to move their boat. As positive pressure is generated on the powerface, partial vacuum is created on the backface, the differential forces, called thrust, drawing paddle, paddler and hull through the water Trial and error by marathon, sprint and whitewater racers indicates 8.5” +/- .25” is the optimal paddle blade width. Wider requires more...

We just got back yesterday from a 8 days Yukon river trip leaving from our front door(2km from it) in Whitehorse Yukon to Carmacks, 300km total including the entire length of lake Laberge that is just over 50 km. We left on monday the 22nd with an other family so four adults and four kids... So aged 4yo to 44yo... I'm not the best at trip reports, but I'll do my best. We were paddling 2 Esquif Miramichi, 20 feet Royalex prospector type canoe, slow and heavy, never again I will use that...