History
Roland Huntford, Polar History Author, Has Died
Roland Huntford, author of polar histories and biographies, passed...
An Unknown Survival Classic: How Eight Men Survived an Arctic Overwintering in 1630
In 1630, eight little-known Englishmen were separated from their...
He’s the Busiest Traveler You’ve Never Heard Of
An eccentric and artist, Arnold Henry Savage Landor won...
The Polar Explorer Who May Have Written ‘The Magic Flute’
On September 30, 1791, at Vienna's Theater auf der...
Felix Nadar, Balloonist and First Aerial Photographer
The first person to take both aerial and subterranean...
An Update on the Supposed Discovery of Nefertiti’s Tomb
Billed as the "find of the century," Egyptologists announced...
Looking Back: Triumph and Tragedy on Kangchenjunga, 1995
By the autumn of 1995, Kangchenjunga -- the world's...
William Buckley, the Australian Convict Adopted by Aboriginals
In Australia, when they say "you’ve got Buckley’s chance,"...
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...
Reluctant Historians: How the Past Can Seduce Adventure Travelers
Those who ski from Hercules Inlet to the South...
Geoffrey Winthrop Young: The Man Who Changed British Climbing
Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876-1958), British climber, poet, and author...
Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk
In early July of 1908, Luigi Pernier was heading...
Aiguille Noire de Peuterey: Climbing Stories of the Black Needle
From the first guided ascents of the 19th century...
Unicorns: What They Were, and How Their Horns Were Used as Cure-Alls
Unicorns have a deeply rooted association with purity, young...
Remembering Elizabeth Hawley, the Sherlock Holmes of Himalayan Summits
Elizabeth Hawley was born in Chicago on Nov. 9,...
The 1973 Chivruay Pass Mystery: What Really Happened to the 10 Skiers Who Died in the Soviet Arctic
In January 1973, 10 students from the Kuibyshev Aviation...
How Escaped Convicts Found Freedom — and Family — Among Australia’s First Peoples
Australia was, for many decades, the open-air prison of...
Remembering Wolfgang Gullich, Who Redefined Sport Climbing
Today, German climber Wolfgang Gullich would have turned 65....
