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Napping Polar Bear Triumphs in Wildlife Photo Competition

The image of a young polar bear napping on...
climber on a steep sandstone wall

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Wide Boyz’ vs. Grumpy Old Men in 2012

Twelve years after its release, only two things still...
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See Honnold’s Hits, Plus Jimmy Chin and Morocco Highlights

“The challenge of doing something that’s never been done...
a climber approaches a granite spyre that rises on snowy ground.

Poles Return To Winter Trango Tower

Young Polish climbers Maciej Kimel and Michal Krol are...
the climbers at the end of a Dihedral.

Cazzanelli Describes His New Route on the Matterhorn

You wouldn't imagine there'd still be a major new...
Climber with poles atop a mountain

Winter Munros: More Than Halfway

On Feb. 3, Anna Wells made it to the...
Shark and canoe

Shark Attack Deaths Double in 2023

The University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File's 2023...
the climber takes a selfie while progressing up a steep snow slope, with an air-trimming mask and K2 in background.

Vedrines’ K2 Plan: A No-O2, One-Day Speed Ascent, Then Paraglide Down

Fresh from climbing three alpine North Faces in three...
two adventures on boat in harbor

Karlis Bardelis in Home Stretch to Complete Circumnavigation

Karlis Bardelis has begun the final 5,000km of his...
A burnt Herculaneum scroll.

Scroll Buried By Vesuvius Finally Deciphered

Three student researchers have won three-quarters of a million...
Vedrines and Billon on the summit of Les Droites

Benjamin Vedrines on the Historic Dru-Droites-Jorasses Trilogy

The international climbing community is starting to comprehend the...
Jean Malaurie in 1997.

Pioneering Arctic Author Jean Malaurie Dies at 101

Classic arctic books are rare, but the author of...
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Great Explorers: Ibn Battuta

Not long after Marco Polo traveled further than anyone...
The Moon with Earth rising on the horizon.

Our Moon is Shrinking, Putting Future Missions at Risk

It's tempting to think of the Moon as unchanging,...
K2 under the moonlight.

Flashback: The 48 Hours of Drama on Winter K2

Feb. 6, 2021 dawned with a sense of anguish...
Left: The cave site Ilsenhöhle beneath the castle of Ranis. Right: Stone tools from the LRJ at Ranis

Bones in German Cave Rewrite History of Homo Sapiens

Bone fragments found in a German cave reveal that...
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Great Explorers: Annette Budgett Meakin

In the 1900s, a woman traveling alone was unheard...
Alex Honnold portrait plus him climbing

A Conversation With Alex Honnold About His New Series, ‘Arctic Ascent’

BY ALEXANDER HARO On a Tuesday afternoon in August of...
Researcher Olivia King with a newly discovered fossil.

Strange Dr. Seuss-Like Tree Discovered in Canadian Quarry

Weird, bushy, top-heavy tree fossils found in a Canadian...
A gondola with a glacier down below.

Chamonix: New Gondola Open For Vallee Blanche Skiers

Skiers in the Chamonix area who want to slide...

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
The shadow showing Ingenuity's rotor damage.

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Makes its Final Flight

After 72 flights over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter...
A ice-age baton perhaps for making rope

Purpose of Mysterious Ice Age Tool Revealed

A few years ago, archaeologists working in Hohle Fels...
The baby great white shark.

Baby Great White Shark Caught on Camera for First Time

Researchers have captured footage of a newborn great white...