The ExplorersWeb identity
Keep it real!
ExplorersWeb was founded over 15 years ago by Tom and Tina Sjögren, the first couple to complete the Three Poles Challenge by climbing Mount Everest and skiing to both the North and South Poles. Talking with climbers at Everest base camp and explorers around the world, Tom and Tina became frustrated with involvement of commercial expedition organizers in the world of exploration and the bias in the media coverage of exploration, which they saw as focusing on well-funded Anglo-Saxon expeditions and ignored the achievements of others. They launched ExplorersWeb – “ExWeb” for short – to help rectify this. In Tina’s words:
We started ExWeb because back then it was hard for independent explorers/climbers who wanted to do Everest, the poles, etc., to find resources and information. And we also wanted to give a stage to the folks who did things the hard way. Mainstream media tends to promote locals and/or rich guys buying ads in their magazines. ExWeb makes sure credit is given where credit is due.
The community
ExplorersWeb is a community of athletes, scientists, dreamers, wanderers and above all, explorers. Registered members of the community are free to publish exploration and adventure related articles in the From the Community section. This provides a venue for lesser-known explorers to publicize their activities to the wider community. Although we may edit such articles for brevity and clarity, we will not substantially alter the content without the author’s permission. We do, however, reserve the right to remove any articles that we deem inappropriate. New site features are rolling out on a weekly basis, and we have plans to introduce social networking and other community functions soon.
How to contribute
Are you doing something new? An expedition with a twist or an edge? If so, we need to hear about it. We cover exploration, adventures and journeys in all extreme environments – oceans, jungles, deserts, mountains and the Arctic. You are free to publish in the From the Community section, but if you think your adventure warrants an interview or ExWeb-written story, please get in touch.
Rowan White
Rowan became the owner and operator of ExplorersWeb on November 1, 2017. Raised in the south of England, he has lived in Japan for most of the past 15 years. Before ExplorersWeb, he was a Japanese-to-English translator. But his real passion lies far from the computer and in the mountains. In terms of sports, he is an avid trail runner, passable split-boarder, average mountain biker, beginner kayaker and a terrible skier. Rowan has assembled a team of professional climbers, arctic trekkers, international guides, and expedition kayakers to make ExplorersWeb the most authoritative site for news and analysis from the world of adventure.
