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Antarctic Roundup: Another Evacuation

This week in Antarctica features more drama. Another expedition...

Kobusch Begins Up Everest, Manaslu Climbers in Base Camp

Punctual climbers on Everest and Manaslu have started working...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #10: Youngest Calendar-Year Triple Crown Thru-Hikers

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...

Crossing the Amazon: Pete Casey’s Expedition Turns Six

Pete Casey set out to walk the Amazon on...

Nepal Steps Back on Quarantine for Travelers

Did we say quarantine? Well, today we suggest that...
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NASA’s Juno Delivers New Views of Jupiter. Plus: What the Moon Ganymede Sounds Like

The NASA spacecraft Juno left Earth in 2011. After...

Tomaszewski and Bielecki Open New Route on the Karakoram’s Frigid Uli Biaho

The last we heard, Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki...
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Live, Ancient Creatures Found in Pitch Black ‘Oasis’ Beneath Antarctic Shelf

Floating atop Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 2018, a team...

Nepal: Climbers Reposition for Winter, and a Quarantine Again for Newcomers

Tomorrow, December 21, winter expeditions can officially begin their...

Winter Pakistan: Gottler and Barmasse to Attempt Nanga Parbat’s Rupal Face

Finally, there's news about the team heading for 8,126m...

Delirium: Ghent Kangri, 1961

At 7,401m, Ghent Kangri is the third highest mountain...

Weekend Warm-Up: Irakli’s Lantern

Deep in the Tusheti Mountains, a lone patriot struggles...

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...

The Woman Who Brought Life to an Inner Mongolian Desert

A few months before the pandemic shut down first...

Winter Pakistan: A Frostbitten Kazuya Hiraide Airlifted to Hospital

Something has gone wrong for Japanese climber Kazuya Hiraide...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
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Alex Honnold Grinds Out Long Route That May Be Hardest in U.S.

Synthetic Happiness has six pitches at 7c+/5.13 or harder...

Ocean Rowing Roundup for December

Since out last ocean roundup, a journey across the...

Antarctica: Expeditions in Trouble

In this week's Antarctic roundup, one expedition aborts and...

Warmest Winter Gloves and Mittens of 2021-2022

Our fingers are almost always the first to go...

Zara Rutherford Hurries to Malaysia Ahead of Super-Typhoon

Today, 19-year-old round-the-world pilot Zara Rutherford reached Malaysia, just...

More on Climbing Everest and K2 in Winter, Without Oxygen

Yesterday we shared some of climber and expedition doctor Robert...
Nazare is situated on Portugal's Silver Coast. Photo: RM Nunes via Shutterstock

Nazaré Surfing Challenge: Perfect Conditions! (Video)

Situated on Portugal's Silver Coast, Nazaré is a small...

Why Climbing Everest and K2 is So Much Harder in Winter

Climbing an 8,000'er in winter is not the same...