History
Half-Starved, Three-Quarters Crazy: How Two Explorers Survived Alone in Northern Greenland in 1911-12
Exploration stories are rife with extreme deprivation, both physical...
A Child’s Doodles Show Daily Life in Medieval Russia
The 13th century was eventful for the people of...
Looking Back: The 1992 Rescue Of Chantal Mauduit on K2
In our recent article remembering French mountaineer Chantal Mauduit,...
Pursuing Happiness: Remembering Chantal Mauduit
The remarkable French alpinist Chantal Mauduit would have turned...
When Foreigners Were Considered Monsters
Early explorers weren't just worried about storms, starvation, mutiny,...
Climbing the Unclimbable: Mount Waddington
Mount Waddington, an infrequently climbed peak in British Columbia’s...
Why Feral Camels Once Haunted the American Southwest
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, denizens...
Exploration Mysteries: A 16th-Century Arctic Expedition Ends in Disaster
It’s 1553, and Sir Hugh Willoughby is leading three...
Resurrecting An Extinct Grain from a 19th-Century Shipwreck
In November of 1878, a three-masted schooner named the...
Two Groups of Castaways Marooned on the Same Island: One Did Everything Right; One Didn’t
In the early hours of January 3, 1864, the...
Explore the Fascinating History of Imaginary Lands With This Interactive Map
Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared...
Great Explorers: Jean Baptiste Tavernier
During the violence and instability of 17th-century Europe, monarchies...
The Devil Made Me Do It: Why So Many Wild Places Are Called Hell This or Hell That
Environmentalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner once famously...
A Climbing History of the Nilgiri Himal
The Nilgiri Himal in the Annapurna massif includes 7,061m...
Natural Wonders: The Rainbow Swamps of the American South
Swamps and wetlands get a bad rap, and not...
