Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier holds an MA in History from the University of Limerick and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He’s interested in maritime and disaster history as well as criminal history, and his dissertation focused on the werewolf trials of early modern Europe. At the present moment he can most likely be found perusing records of shipboard crime and punishment during the Age of Sail, or failing that, writing historical fiction horror stories. He lives in Dublin and hates the sun.
Antarctic Roundup 2025-26: Tryggvason Reaches South Pole
Colin O’Brady is 28 days into his second first...
Dispatches from Terror Camp, the Online Polar Fan Conference
Last weekend, around 1,800 other registrants and I attended...
The 1853 Dinner That First Popularized Dinosaurs
Like many children, I was devoted to dinosaurs. Their...
Antarctic Roundup 2025-26: Poor Visibility Improves
Nearly a dozen expeditions started out on the 2025-26...
2025 National Outdoor Book Award Winners Announced
The National Outdoor Book Awards have announced their 2025...
Weekend Warm-Up: The Longest Ridgeline
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Antarctic Roundup 2025-26: South Pole Speed Attempt Begins This Weekend
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Massive, Recent Impact Crater Found in China
Researchers have just discovered a giant crater 900m in...
Guide and Client Die In Fall on Aoraki Mount Cook
Two climbers have died on New Zealand's highest mountain,...
Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk
In early July of 1908, Luigi Pernier was heading...
Weekend Warm-Up: Cane Toads, An Unnatural History
Released in 1988, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History is...
What’s the Deal With the Human Remains in Antarctica?
Starting in October, online sites of varying levels of...
Weekend Warm-Up: Death on Annapurna
Only weeks after the titular expedition returned, ITN broadcast...
Seal Fleeing Orcas Takes Refuge on Passing Boat
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Unicorns: What They Were, and How Their Horns Were Used as Cure-Alls
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Mount Rainier Has Shrunk, and Its Summit Location Has Changed
Mountains with year-round ice caps gain height from a...
The Battle Over Asia’s Tallest Volcano: Damavand Versus Kunlun
Damavand lies in the Alborz range, near the southern...
World’s Largest Spiderweb, With 110,000 Spiders, Discovered Deep Underground
Everyone loves spiders. The only thing everyone loves more...
