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Antarctica: The Home Stretch for Some, A Long Way to Go for Others

In this week's update, Preet Chandi flies into the...
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New Tech Flings a Projectile into Space

In 2021, a startup tested a system capable of...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #3: Canada North to South

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
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Top 10 Expeditions of 2021, #4: Baruntse

For Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh, it only took...
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Top 10 Expeditions of 2021, #5: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll Solos Patagonia’s Fitz Traverse

Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll was part way through day one...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #6: SUP around Britain

Over 141 days, Brendon Prince circumnavigated mainland Britain by...

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A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #8: First NY-London Solo Row

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...

Cho Oyu 1964 and the Strange Double Life of Fritz Stammberger

The almanacs of climbing history prefer not to include...

Antarctic Roundup: Another Evacuation

This week in Antarctica features more drama. Another expedition...

Nepal Steps Back on Quarantine for Travelers

Did we say quarantine? Well, today we suggest that...
Jupiter's surface as seen from the Juno mission

NASA’s Juno Delivers New Views of Jupiter. Plus: What the Moon Ganymede Sounds Like

The NASA spacecraft Juno left Earth in 2011. After...

Tomaszewski and Bielecki Open New Route on the Karakoram’s Frigid Uli Biaho

The last we heard, Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki...
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Live, Ancient Creatures Found in Pitch Black ‘Oasis’ Beneath Antarctic Shelf

Floating atop Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 2018, a team...

The Woman Who Brought Life to an Inner Mongolian Desert

A few months before the pandemic shut down first...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Ocean Rowing Roundup for December

Since out last ocean roundup, a journey across the...

Antarctica: Expeditions in Trouble

In this week's Antarctic roundup, one expedition aborts and...
Nazare is situated on Portugal's Silver Coast. Photo: RM Nunes via Shutterstock

Nazaré Surfing Challenge: Perfect Conditions! (Video)

Situated on Portugal's Silver Coast, Nazaré is a small...

Alice Morrison Restarts Jordan Trail

Alice Morrison both began and paused her trek of...

Winter Himalayan Teams Reach Base Camps. Plus: Sherpas to Antarctica

Winter officially begins in one week, and some teams...
Ocean conservationist, Rich German was joined this giant ocean sunfish during a paddleboarding session. Photo: Rich German

Video: Paddleboarders Meet Giant Ocean Sunfish

On December 2, a giant ocean sunfish (or "Mola...

Natural Wonders: Light Pillars

On a cold and clear winter night, you might...

Science Links of the Week

What killed these bald eagles? In 1996, something very odd...

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