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Great Survival Stories: Tyson’s Wonderful Drift
The 1871-1873 Polaris expedition made it as far north...
Changing Times: Three Prominent Female IFMGA Mountain Guides
Women make up less than 2% of all mountain...
50 Years Ago: The Worst Mountain Disaster in British History
Fifty years ago this week, the UK experienced the...
New Zealand Explorers: Laura Dekker
When minors do extraordinary things, controversy follows. That rule...
The Hermit of Treig: Man Lives 40 Years Without Electricity or Running Water…in Scotland
Metaphorically and literally, Ken Smith is a man who...
Long-Lost Skier’s Body Found After 38 Years
On February 13, 1983, 27-year-old ski mountaineer Rudi Moder...
Great Explorers: Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen
While Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen sought fame and...
“Don’t Let a Polar Bear Eat My Remains”: Paul Bjorvig’s Adventures on Franz Josef Land
The Norwegian Paul Bjorvig (1857-1935) usually isn’t considered a...
New Polar Expedition Scholarship for People of Color
PolarExplorers is seeking applicants for its newly minted Matthew...
Three Dead, Others Missing, Injured on Chimborazo
An avalanche on Ecuador's highest peak, Chimborazo (6,263m), collided...
Exploration Mysteries: The Chiricahua Apaches of the Sierra Madre
In the 19th century, the Sierra Madre Occidental was...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of James Knight
In 1719, James Knight and his 40 men overwintered...
Legends Series: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
The haughty Spanish explorer had a spiritual awakening during...
Eccentric Explorers: Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt explored North Africa disguised as a man....
Great Survival Stories: 25 Days Adrift in an Icebox
In 2009, two men drifted helplessly inside an icebox...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of Ludwig Leichhardt
For German explorer and self-taught naturalist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller
Michael Rockefeller disappeared under mysterious circumstances in November 1961...