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Caubvick: the Resilient Inuit Woman Who Captivated British Royalty and Survived Smallpox

I was wandering around Labrador’s small, relatively flat Eskimo...
June 3, 2023
black and white portrait of Cleveland and Rasmussen

George Cleveland: The Largest Nose in the Arctic

In the early 1920s, Hudson’s Bay Company trader George...
April 9, 2023
Siberian shaman head amulet.

Don’t Make Fun of Elders, Especially If They’re Shamans

After an expedition to Siberia’s Wrangel Island, I took...
February 15, 2023

In the Bug-Ridden Back of Beyond

In 1992, I hopped a bush plane and flew...
June 19, 2022

The Legend of B. Traven, Author of ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’

In 1991, I gave a talk about my ethnographic...
June 5, 2022

Mushroom Monster

Once upon an earlier time, I was doing ethnographic...
April 1, 2022

The Canoe Drifted Away, and I Was Marooned

Near the village of Northwest River, Labrador, I once...
February 27, 2022

Searching for Headhunters in Borneo

Once upon an earlier time, I wanted to meet...
January 30, 2022

On Wrangel Island, Poop is an Inappropriate Word

Once upon an earlier time, I joined a group...
January 5, 2022

Sampling Alice in Wonderland’s Magic Mushroom

In the remote village of Uelen in Siberia’s Chukotka,...
November 28, 2021

Exploratory Cuisine: Sled Dogs

On one of my visits to Greenland’s capital Nuuk,...
November 20, 2021

“Don’t Let a Polar Bear Eat My Remains”: Paul Bjorvig’s Adventures on Franz Josef Land

The Norwegian Paul Bjorvig (1857-1935) usually isn’t considered a...
November 1, 2021

A Viking Invasion

Until the early years of the 20th century, the...
October 17, 2021

Hiking to Atlantic City, By Way of Jan Mayen

“You won’t see any other souls on the island...
October 11, 2021

Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of James Knight

In 1719, James Knight and his 40 men overwintered...
September 18, 2021

Tales From the Wild Side: The Lost Boots

I have a strange habit of losing whatever I...
August 29, 2021

Eccentric Explorers: Jan Welzl

Born in the Czech region of Moravia in 1868,...
August 20, 2021
archival illustration of Churchill Harbour

Exploration Mysteries: Searching for the Bones of Jens Munk’s Crew

With a bonanza of polar bears readily available for...
July 21, 2021

The 12 Funniest Exploration Books

Editor's note: This personal list by author Lawrence Millman...
March 26, 2020

Why I Left the Explorers Club

The adjective “prestigious” is commonly used to describe the...
March 6, 2019

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