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Christmas on Antarctica Hundred Years Ago

Shackleton December 25, 1915: "Our thoughts went back to...

***New*** Arctica: The Vanishing North by Sebastian Copeland

A new photo book representing ten years of Arctic...

Interview: Sung Taek Hong On Lhotse South Face Expedition 2015

Explorersweb contributor Kyu Dam Lee met the Lhotse South...

Length of Britain sailing World Record

Lands End to John O’Groats in under 84 hours...

Winter Nanga Parbat: The “Cold Race” Resumes

The much awaited winter Nanga Parbat season has kicked...

Antarctica: medical air drop, and notorious sastrugi fields

Taking it one day, one sastrugi, at a time....

Fish sing … no, the fish talk in Ucayali Part 4

By Piotr Chmielinski David Andres and Hubert Kisinski, who has...

Expedition KARLAG: Meet A Saint Who Survived Stalin

During our third day in Karaganda, Dr Nurshat brings...

History of Winter Climbing Nanga Parbat

Twenty five teams have attempted Nanga Parbat in winter...

Three new alpine routes in Patagonia

Cerro San Lorenzo: three new routes by Slovenian alpinists...

IMAX Everest: Peak Chapayev?

Father Alexander checks in with blockbuster news Is Everest...

Ocean Camp to Patience Camp: Shackleton, December 1915

Progress was slow; 200 yards could take them about...

South Pole skier evacuated, and a change in route plan

White-outs, blisters, broken tent poles and more sastrugi pose...

Interview: Piotr Chmielinski, 30 years on, Running the Amazon (Part 3 of 3)

1985 - 2015: kayaks and gear, Amazon adventurers, biggest...

Why K2 Brings Out the Best and Worst in Those Who Climb It

Sunday book talk By Simon Worrall, National GeographicK2 is...

Expedition KARLAG: A Bit Of A Background

We are at the current building of the KARLAG...

The Icarus Trophy 2016 – The Sky Is Calling

The Adventurists' Icarus Trophy is taking to the skies...

Interview: Piotr Chmielinski, True Source of Amazon River (Part 2 of 3)

Source may vary, river remains the same. (CCoetzer/TSjogren) During 1985-86...

Mind-numbing white-outs; Climbers in gale force winds

White-outs and 50m wide crevasses on ski routes. One...

UrbEx Kit: The Ten Essentials

The ‘Ten Essentials” is a list of essential items...

Douglas Tompkins, 72, North Face Founder, Dies in Kayaking Accident

Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of...

Silicon Valley Marathon Meetup Debrief, final: Space (big data and liquid fuel)

Goddard's daughters and shoebox satellites We went from virtual...

PolarExplorers Shackleton Crossing of South Georgia (Windy and Beautiful)

On November 12, 2015 PolarExplorers, with a team of...

Aussie Surfers Presumed Killed in Mexico

Three suspects have been detained CULIACAN, Mexico – Three...