Polar Exploration

Black and white photo of a young Knud Rasmussen in furs

One Hundred Years On: The Fifth Thule Expedition

Long before Borge Ousland and Mike Horn, Knud Rasmussen...
June 29, 2021

Weekend Warm-Up: Discovery

Despite faking a 1926 flight to the North Pole,...
June 26, 2021

Great Explorers: Greenland Sled Dogs

BY GALYA MORRELL The Eskimo dog, called Qimuttoq by Greenlanders,...
June 22, 2021
Polar skier manhauling across ice

Video Tribute to Dixie Dansercoer

Before his untimely death last week in a Greenland...
June 15, 2021

Canadian Arctic Expedition Trades Skis for Canoes

Guillaume Moreau, Nicolas Roulx, and Jacob Racine arrived in...
June 14, 2021
China's Mars rover

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
June 12, 2021

Tributes Pour in for Dixie Dansercoer

Adventurers around the globe have paid tribute to Dixie...
June 10, 2021

Legends Series: Louise Arner Boyd

Louise Arner Boyd became an unexpected candidate for arctic...
June 10, 2021

Renowned Polar Guide Dixie Dansercoer Dies in Crevasse Fall

Yesterday evening, veteran Belgian polar explorer and guide Dixie...
June 8, 2021
Climber on rock face

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get...
May 30, 2021

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
May 23, 2021

Newcomers’ Guide: North Pole vs South Pole Expeditions

Want to visit the poles? This North Pole vs...
May 18, 2021

Polar Bear Wanders 1,000km Inland

A polar bear completed its own ultra-marathon this week,...
May 14, 2021

Canadian Arctic Expedition Reaches Resolute

Guillaume Moreau, Nicolas Roulx, and Jacob Racine have completed...
May 6, 2021

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
April 26, 2021

Trio Fatbike 600Km Across Iceland

They rode 95 percent of the time, but as...
April 13, 2021

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
April 12, 2021

1,000km Svalbard Expedition Complete

French adventurer Vincent Colliard and filmmaker Caroline Cote have...
April 11, 2021

How Greenland’s Only Woman Explorer Boated 4,000Km. With Her Young Son.

By Galya Morrell A nurse, a single Inuit mother, and...
April 7, 2021

Lake Baikal’s Skating Grandmother

In her 80th year, the Babushka of Baikal still...
April 1, 2021

A Visit to Sir John Franklin’s Sunken Ship, the Erebus

Researchers found the famous arctic explorer's ship in 2014,...
March 30, 2021

Walrus Continues Tour of British Isles

The way-off-course young walrus that turned up last week...
March 23, 2021

Greenland’s Color-Coded Houses

Visitors to Greenland often believe that the colorful houses...
March 17, 2021

Skiing 1,300km Across Sweden

Swedish couple Anna Wassdahl and Joachim Johansson are a...
March 15, 2021

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