Arctic
Exploration Mysteries: A 16th-Century Arctic Expedition Ends in Disaster
It’s 1553, and Sir Hugh Willoughby is leading three...
Barneo: Will the North Pole Camp Finally, Finally Run Again This Year?
I opened the Barneo Ice Camp website today, and...
Manhauling 1,100Km Through Northwest Passage in the Footsteps of Amundsen’s Men
In 1905, during Roald Amundsen's first transit of the...
Murder Near the North Pole, Part IV: The Death of Charles Francis Hall
So far, the three High Arctic deaths we've covered...
Oldest Arctic Glacier Ice Found Near Baffin Island
Landslides have uncovered the remnants of an ancient glacier...
Murder Near the North Pole, Part III: The Death of Peeawahto
In 1914, explorer Fitzhugh Green shot and killed his...
Murder Near the North Pole, Part II: Death on an Ice Island
In 1970, the world’s northernmost murder took place on...
Murder Near the North Pole: The Death of Ross Marvin
In 1909, a young American, Ross Marvin, was helping...
Mega-Tsunami In Greenland Echoed Around the World for Nine Days
In September 2023, a colossal landslide in East Greenland...
Weekend Warm-Up: Biking The Arctic Post Road
This short documentary follows two young women as they...
Top 10 Expeditions of 2024, #6: 3,800Km Quebec-Labrador Journey
A lot of contemporary adventure is long on athletics...
New Study Finds Bering Land Bridge Was Really More of a Swamp
Why did the woolly mammoth cross the road?
Or more...
John Rae Society’s Desperate Bid to Save Explorer’s Crumbling Home
A historical society has announced a public fundraiser in...
Man Leaps Onto Polar Bear to Defend Wife From Attack
A Canadian man is recuperating in a hospital after...
From Arctic Influencer to Fugitive: The Strange Story of Henry Howgate
Henry Howgate was not himself an arctic explorer, but...
Greenland Hunters Bred Sled Dogs With Wolves for Strength
For centuries, when the Inuit hunters of North West...
Catching Up With Frank Wolf After 1,350Km Arctic Canoe Expedition
Adventurer Frank Wolf sure had an eventful year. The...
Exploration Mysteries: Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen
In 1919, Peter Tessem could not bear his chronic...
Mosquitoes and Black Flies: How They Find You, How to Keep Them Away, And More
"A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest,
All striving...
Ousland and Colliard Finish Juneau Icefield Crossing
Borge Ousland and Vincent Colliard have successfully completed their...
