Science Links of the Week Rebecca McPhee 08/01/2022 Natural History Oceans Science Space Wildlife A passion for the natural world drives many of our adventures. And when we’re not actually outside, we love delving into the discoveries abo...
Weekend Warm-Up: Aconcagua Alex Myall 08/01/2022 Alpine style Climbing In 2017, a team of climbers set off to self-film what it takes to climb Aconcagua. They showed that success is dependent on the entire team....
Messner Still Trashes Jost Kobusch Angela Benavides 08/01/2022 8000ers Everest Reinhold Messner is back in Nepal for a visit and a couple of inaugurations. The climbing guru had also made time for an interview with the ...
Scientists Embark For ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Seeking Rate of Decay Sam Anderson 07/01/2022 Antarctic If the tongue of the Thwaites Glacier collapses, we're in trouble. A massive portion of the 400km-wide glacier in west Antarctica floats on ...
Exploration Mysteries: Bennington Disappearances Kristine De Abreu 07/01/2022 Exploration mysteries History Southwestern Vermont is known for its bucolic setting, but one 93 sq km area of thick woods was also the scene for one of America's great en...
Winter 8,000’ers: Everybody in Base Camp Angela Benavides 06/01/2022 Everest Manaslu Winter 8000ers The latest news from winter Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, and Everest. Manaslu "Thank God we turned around and reached Base Camp yesterday," Alex...
Antarctica: Running Out of Time Martin Walsh 06/01/2022 Antarctic Antarctic Poles In this week's update, Preet Chandi arrives at the Pole, Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer-Childs inch closer, and Masatatsu Abe's expedition ...
To Repeat The ‘Full Ascent’ of Mauna Kea, You’ll Need A Submarine Sam Anderson 06/01/2022 Oceans Volcanos Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain by most measures. But in terms of overall height from base to summit, Hawaii's Mauna Kea has i...
Manaslu: Avalanches, Waist-Deep Snow, and Bad Weather Angela Benavides 05/01/2022 Manaslu Winter 8000ers Manaslu climbers are back in Base Camp after the weather turned nasty again. But even the last three days of blue skies were misleading: Fre...
World’s Northernmost Outhouses Jerry Kobalenko 05/01/2022 Arctic In a recent story, one of our writers wondered whether a dilapidated outhouse on Russia's Wrangel Island was the northernmost outhouse in th...
On Wrangel Island, Poop is an Inappropriate Word lawrence millman 05/01/2022 Arctic Once upon an earlier time, I joined a group of Russian scientists on an expedition to Siberia’s Wrangel Island. The purpose of our trip was ...
The Hidden Treasure: Kongur Tagh, 1981 Kris Annapurna 04/01/2022 Climbing Explorers History Kongur Tagh (7,719m) lies in the Kashgar Mountains, near the eastern edge of the Pamirs. It is in one of the most remote areas of China, wit...
Winter Everest: Kobusch Speeds Up Angela Benavides 04/01/2022 Everest Winter 8000ers Jost Kobusch is speeding up on his solo Everest climb. Today, he left his tent on the Lho La and progressed up at a good pace for the entire...
100 Great Explorers of the Last 100 Years explorersweb 04/01/2022 Explorers BY MARTIN WALSH, ANGELA BENAVIDES, ASH ROUTEN, KRIS ANNAPURNA, REBECCA MCPHEE, SAM ANDERSON, BRYON DORR, SEIJI ISHII, GALYA MORRELL, JERRY K...
