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Shark Found in Antarctic for First Time Ever
University of Western Australia researchers have captured the first...
Borge Ousland’s Polar Equipment List, Part II: Key Gear
Borge Ousland, the greatest polar traveler of the last...
Nine Backcountry Skiers Missing, Six Rescued After Lake Tahoe Avalanche
An avalanche swept away a group of four guides...
France Debates Whether to Charge for Rescues of Reckless Climbers
The number of mountain accidents has increased alarmingly, straining...
Borge Ousland’s Polar Equipment List. Part I: Clothing
Borge Ousland, the greatest polar traveler of the last...
New Everest Regulations: You Must Climb a 7,000m Peak in Nepal First
A new Tourism Bill passed Nepal's National Assembly last...
O’Brady Changes Course, No Longer Mentions Antarctic Crossing
American athlete Colin O'Brady started from the edge of...
The Untold Survival Story of the 15th-Century Venetians Shipwrecked on an Arctic Island
Pietro Querini sailed from Crete in 1431, bound for...
A Third Form of Life? Earth’s First Giants Were Neither Plant Nor Animal
For over 180 years, what appear to be ancient...
How Life-Threatening Altitude Sickness Struck Down a Worker in Antarctica
It might sound unlikely, but altitude sickness can happen...
World’s Hardest Trad Climb? One Man Just Raised the Bar
When Connor Herson of the U.S. sent Drifter’s Escape...
Buckle Up or Look Away: History’s Greatest Free Soloists
When Alex Honnold free soloed the 508m Taipei 101...
Alpine Club of Pakistan Invalidates Local Team’s Tirich Mir Summit
Just over a month ago, we reported on the...
Ancient Seafarers Reached Remote Arctic Islands 4,000 Years Ago
Some of the Arctic’s earliest inhabitants were far more...
Not All First Ascents Are the Same – The Move to Commercialize Unclimbed Peaks
We typically consider the first ascents of Himalayan mountains...
Huge Avalanches in the Alps Cause Record Number of Deaths
Thanks to the Olympics, the entire world is focused...
Caldwell, Vanhee Thwarted Again on Torres del Paine
American Tommy Caldwell and Belgian Siebe Vanhee are starting...
Cho Oyu 1993: The First Female Winter Ascent of an 8,000m Peak
When 24-year-old Marianne Chapuisat of Switzerland reached the summit...
