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Alex Txikon Acts as Midwife in Emergency Helicopter Birth
Just when the adventure seemed over, some unexpected drama...
This Week in Patagonia: New Adventure Routes and a Big Enchainment
The wire from Patagonia is crackling with climbing news...
Exploration Mysteries: What Do These Ancient Manuscripts Say?
Around the world, a handful of age-old manuscripts have...
At 80, Greenland’s First African Visitor Returns to Live Out His Final Years in the Arctic
In the summer of 1965, Tété-Michel Kpomassie became the...
Natural Wonders: The Tablelands, Gros Morne
The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, Canada, is...
8 Arctic Countries, 4,000 km by Bike in Winter
On February 2, ultra-distance Italian cyclist Omar Di Felice...
Captain Cook’s Sunken Ship Found off Rhode Island
Australian marine archaeologists have discovered what they believe to...
Canadian Ticks Rare Solo of Patagonia’s Torre Egger
The sun keeps shining this season in Patagonia, so...
Urubko Returns with a New Route on Pakistan’s Koshar Gang
Denis Urubko has returned to high-altitude mountaineering in grand...
Rare Rainstorm Creates Waterfalls on Uluru
On January 31, heavy rains pummeled Australia's arid Northern...
Solar Flare Hits Earth Today; Strong Auroras Expected
A solar storm is expected to summon the northern...
The Dog That Climbed 7,100m in the Himalaya, and Other Four-Legged Mascots
Oswald Rodrigo Pereira has returned to Manaslu Base Camp...
Another Patagonia First Ascent, Aptly Named ‘Pain and Gain’
Two Slovakians gutted out a new route in Patagonia...
World Record-Long Lightning Bolt Lit Up Three U.S. States
In April 2020, a 768-kilometre lightning bolt split the...
Cerro Torre: A Timeline of What Happened
As we previously reported, Corrado Pesce's rescue operation ended...
Behind Those Viral Polar Bear Images: Photographer Dmitry Kokh Tells How He Took Them
In the last week, haunting images of polar bears...
Great Explorers: Emmeline Freda Du Faur
Emmeline Freda Du Faur defied convention by pioneering women's...
Drone Spots Body on Cerro Torre, No Hope for Corrado Pesce
The Italian mountaineer Corrado Pesce "can no longer be...