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Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68

The mountaineering community has lost a luminary. David Breashears died...
March 15, 2024
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Great Explorers: William Drummond Stewart

William Drummond Stewart did not conquer lands of the...
March 6, 2024
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Great Explorers: Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier

A driven daredevil, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier traded...
February 27, 2024
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...
February 24, 2024
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Great Explorers: Antoine de Saint Exupery

"The airplane has unveiled for us the true face...
February 23, 2024
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Weekend Warm-Up: Alfred Wegener’s Iron Arctic Will

Alfred Wegener’s 1930 expedition to Greenland was a monster....
February 17, 2024
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Great Explorers: Ibn Battuta

Not long after Marco Polo traveled further than anyone...
February 7, 2024
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Great Explorers: Annette Budgett Meakin

In the 1900s, a woman traveling alone was unheard...
February 5, 2024
La Pérouse and King Louis XVI.

Exploration Mysteries: Jean Francois de Galaup

The mutiny on HMS Bounty overshadowed an even stranger...
January 23, 2024
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The Radford and Street Disaster: Death of a Good Man

A while back, I was gazing at a bronze...
January 15, 2024
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Weekend Warm-Up: All Legends Age, Even Chris Bonington

Chris Bonington doesn’t need an introduction from a guy...
December 30, 2023
Annie Londonderry

Great Explorers: Annie Londonderry

Fifteen months. $10,000. A bicycle and a woman's determination....
December 13, 2023
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Great Explorers: P. G. Downes

The Second World War had begun, and P.G. Downes...
November 26, 2023
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Legends Series: Van Buren Sisters

It is 1916. Two motorcycles roar down 8,850km of...
October 31, 2023
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Pioneer Bungee Jumper David Kirke Dies

The father of recreational bungee jumping, David Kirke, has...
October 25, 2023
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Great Explorers: Lady Hester Stanhope

Lady Hester Stanhope exchanged a life of a wealthy...
October 19, 2023
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Great Explorers: H. W. Tilman

As a dedicated technophobe, I’ve always felt a certain...
October 15, 2023
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Legends Series: Sigurd Olson

To all appearances, the 800km expedition on a segment...
September 21, 2023
Gertrude Bell

Legends Series: Gertrude Bell

As the “Uncrowned Queen of Mesopotamia”, Gertrude Bell gave...
September 16, 2023
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Knife-Wielding Florida Man Arrested in Homemade Hamster Wheel

A repeat offender in a hamster wheel — is...
September 8, 2023
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Legends Series: Mary Seacole

The 1800s saw a dramatic shift in the political,...
August 28, 2023
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Great Explorers: The Eccentric Life and Death of John Hornby

Once upon a time, Arctic explorers were so devoted...
August 15, 2023
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David Thompson: The Explorer Who Played Checkers with the Devil

The history of exploration is replete with colorful characters:...
August 11, 2023

Great Explorers: Harriet Chalmers Adams

“Mrs. Marco Polo of the Americas,” as Harriet Chalmers...
July 22, 2023

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