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Discovery on Saturn’s Moon Hints at Possible Life in Space
Once thought of as just another icy satellite, Enceladus...
Terrified Tourists: Watch a Bull Elephant Charge Visitors in a Botswana Marsh
Botswana's Okavango Delta is a sprawling inland floodplain home...
Dhaulagiri Summit Push In Risky Conditions
A new push begins tonight on Dhaulagiri, despite loads...
Marc-Andre Leclerc’s Solo Climb of Mount Robson’s Emperor Face
Marc-Andre Leclerc loved mountains for the adventure, not for...
Surfer Bitten Twice by Shark After a Seal Used Him as a Decoy
BY COOPER GEGAN
Most shark bites happen by accident. Though...
Alpine-Style Teams Prepare: Jannu North Face, Two Solos, One First Ascent
Now that last weekend's storm has passed, some small...
Exploration 101: A Newcomer’s Reading List
Interested in exploration reading but don't know where to...
The Mystery of What Happened to the Last Female Great Auk Is Finally Solved
In 1844, Jon Brandsson, Sigurdur Isleifsson, and Ketill Ketilsson...
About Those Stranded Tourists Near (But Not On) Everest
Headlines worldwide today reported that 1,000 climbers were stranded...
New Study Shines Light on the Sinking of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’
The Endurance set sail from Plymouth in 1914 with...
Adventurer Crosses Moroccan Desert on Norway-to-Amazon Expedition
Loic Cappellin, 26, of Switzerland is attempting a human-powered...
Blizzard Hits Himalaya: At Least One Dead on Mera Peak, Tourists Stranded Near Everest
Over the weekend, a violent storm hit Nepal and...
$1 Million in 18th-Century Spanish Loot Found on Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
In 1715, a violent hurricane off the Florida coast...
Two Die, One Rescued on Kamchatka Volcano During Unauthorized Climb
Yesterday, two died during an unauthorized climb of 2,173m...
Kilian Jornet Summits Mount Rainier, Completes All 72 U.S. 14’ers
Today, Kilian Jornet topped out on Mount Rainier, marking...
First Ascent of a 6,000m Karakoram Peak
Marco Schwidergall, Tomasz Rodzynkiewicz of Poland, and Matej Prcin...
German Woman Trekking Through Canada on Round-the-World Northern Journey
German long-distance traveler Katharina Kneip, 35, is now well...
Plagiarism or Fair Use: The Online Debate Roiling the Climbing Community
BY MARY ANDINO
It takes a lot to stop me...
Is the Baltic Sea Anomaly Natural? Man-Made? A Hoax? We Explore the Possibilities
"It’s sad, one minute you're making the Kessel Run...
Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri Summits As Weather Window Closes
Teams hurried today to the summits of Dhaulagiri and...
