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Legendary Mt. Rainier Guide Lou Whittaker Dies at 95

A Mount Rainier icon has lapsed into the alpenglow. The...
illustration of Zheng Yi Sao

Great Explorers: Zheng Yi Sao

In the early 1800s, Zheng Yi Sao was the...
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Nat Geo’s ‘Photographer’ Series Reveals How Pros Work

Typically, a photographer’s objective is to use an image...
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Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68

The mountaineering community has lost a luminary. David Breashears died...
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Great Explorers: William Drummond Stewart

William Drummond Stewart did not conquer lands of the...
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Great Explorers: Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier

A driven daredevil, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier traded...
The Endurance listing hard to port, trapped in ice

Weekend Warm-Up: Restored Footage Shows Shackleton’s Ship in its Icy Death Throes

Is it just me, or is it physically possible...
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Great Explorers: Antoine de Saint Exupery

"The airplane has unveiled for us the true face...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Alfred Wegener’s Iron Arctic Will

Alfred Wegener’s 1930 expedition to Greenland was a monster....
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Great Explorers: Ibn Battuta

Not long after Marco Polo traveled further than anyone...
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Great Explorers: Annette Budgett Meakin

In the 1900s, a woman traveling alone was unheard...
La Pérouse and King Louis XVI.

Exploration Mysteries: Jean Francois de Galaup

The mutiny on HMS Bounty overshadowed an even stranger...
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The Radford and Street Disaster: Death of a Good Man

A while back, I was gazing at a bronze...
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Weekend Warm-Up: All Legends Age, Even Chris Bonington

Chris Bonington doesn’t need an introduction from a guy...
Annie Londonderry

Great Explorers: Annie Londonderry

Fifteen months. $10,000. A bicycle and a woman's determination....
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Great Explorers: P. G. Downes

The Second World War had begun, and P.G. Downes...
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Legends Series: Van Buren Sisters

It is 1916. Two motorcycles roar down 8,850km of...
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Pioneer Bungee Jumper David Kirke Dies

The father of recreational bungee jumping, David Kirke, has...
Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of Lady Hester Stanhope.

Great Explorers: Lady Hester Stanhope

Lady Hester Stanhope exchanged a life of a wealthy...
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Great Explorers: H. W. Tilman

As a dedicated technophobe, I’ve always felt a certain...
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Legends Series: Sigurd Olson

To all appearances, the 800km expedition on a segment...
Gertrude Bell

Legends Series: Gertrude Bell

As the “Uncrowned Queen of Mesopotamia”, Gertrude Bell gave...
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Knife-Wielding Florida Man Arrested in Homemade Hamster Wheel

A repeat offender in a hamster wheel — is...
Mary Seacole.

Legends Series: Mary Seacole

The 1800s saw a dramatic shift in the political,...

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