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Divers to Explore Possible Crater of Siberia’s Famous Tunguska Meteor
A quartet of geophysicists and hydrobiologists has obtained a...
Great Explorers: Emmeline Freda Du Faur
Emmeline Freda Du Faur defied convention by pioneering women's...
The Ogre: Much More than the Classic Scott/Bonington Survival Tale
Baintha Brakk I (7,285m), better known as Ogre I,...
Drones Help Scottish Rescuers Search for Victims Lost in Tough Terrain
The next time you hear the high-pitched whine of...
100 Great Explorers of the Last 100 Years
BY MARTIN WALSH, ANGELA BENAVIDES, ASH ROUTEN, KRIS ANNAPURNA,...
Cho Oyu 1964 and the Strange Double Life of Fritz Stammberger
The almanacs of climbing history prefer not to include...
Great Survival Stories: Tyson’s Wonderful Drift
The 1871-1873 Polaris expedition made it as far north...
Changing Times: Three Prominent Female IFMGA Mountain Guides
Women make up less than 2% of all mountain...
50 Years Ago: The Worst Mountain Disaster in British History
Fifty years ago this week, the UK experienced the...
New Zealand Explorers: Laura Dekker
When minors do extraordinary things, controversy follows. That rule...
The Hermit of Treig: Man Lives 40 Years Without Electricity or Running Water…in Scotland
Metaphorically and literally, Ken Smith is a man who...
Long-Lost Skier’s Body Found After 38 Years
On February 13, 1983, 27-year-old ski mountaineer Rudi Moder...
Great Explorers: Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen
While Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen sought fame and...
“Don’t Let a Polar Bear Eat My Remains”: Paul Bjorvig’s Adventures on Franz Josef Land
The Norwegian Paul Bjorvig (1857-1935) usually isn’t considered a...
New Polar Expedition Scholarship for People of Color
PolarExplorers is seeking applicants for its newly minted Matthew...
Three Dead, Others Missing, Injured on Chimborazo
An avalanche on Ecuador's highest peak, Chimborazo (6,263m), collided...
Exploration Mysteries: The Chiricahua Apaches of the Sierra Madre
In the 19th century, the Sierra Madre Occidental was...
