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Greenland Plane Discovery, Holiday Gift Guide

PLANE CRASH SITE REVEALS NEW WWII PLANE DISCOVERY IN GREENLAND New data about the location of the wreckage of a J2F-4 Grumman Duck airplane carrying three military flyers, which crashed on the ice...

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Antarctic "Crossing" Stirs Controversy; Queen Guitarist Composes Flyby Song

PADDLING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE By Pam LeBlanc, Special Correspondent Austin, Texas, paddler West Hansen will trade Amazon tropics and Russian waves for crushing ice and polar bears next summer, when he...

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Search for Shackleton's Endurance was a Nice Try

 The final sinking of the Endurance. It was abandoned in November 2015 as the masts collapsed, the hull crumbled, and the men watched helplessly from the ice as their boat sank. The rest is history....

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World's Most Adventurous Women; Protecting Astronaut Poop

EXPEDITION UPDATE  The adventurous UlyanaUlyana Horodyskyj is One of World's Most Adventurous Women"For me, science and adventure go hand-in-hand," says Ulyana Horodyskyj, who we profiled in our June...

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Explorers Club Dinner Sets Record; Aldrin's Socks Dazzle, Read Excerpt From...

EXPEDITION NOTES Lower Cost ROV Makes Deep Sea Exploration More Affordable  At a time when AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles that look like fat yellow torpedos) cost upwards of $5 million, along...

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All Female Expedition to Study Plastic Pollution

ALL FEMALE EXPEDITION TO STUDYPLASTIC POLLUTION ON THE GANGESAn international, all-female expedition team leaves this spring to study plastic pollution in one of the world's most iconic waterways - the...

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The Everest Mess; Submersible Dive Sets World Record

EVEREST ROUND-UP Examining the Everest Mess We would be hard-pressed to think of an Everest climbing season since the May 1996 disaster when Everest received as much negative publicity as it did this...

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SPECIAL EDITION: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MOON LANDING

 The World Pauses to Remember the First Moon Landing Welcome to the first Special Edition of Expedition News in our almost 25-year history. When it comes right down to it, what exploration was more...

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Bob Ballard Searches for Amelia, Seeking Young Explorers

Scientists measure the concentration of bio-microplastics accumulated by mussels and determine the content of pollutants in its tissues. Photo by ©Elodie Bernollin / Tara Ocean FoundationTARA OCEAN...

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Amelia's Plane Still Missing, Testing Mars Suit in Iceland, Transgender Woman...

EXPEDITION UPDATE Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E continues to elude searchers.  Amelia's Plane Remains Missing The search for Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E Special is over for the...

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Our 25th Anniversary Issue!

EXPEDITION NOTESNina Williams appears in In The High Road (Photo by Brett Lowell)REEL ROCK 14 Begins Film TourREEL ROCK Film Tour, featuring exceptional climbing films for the past 14 years, returns...

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12 Questions for Pluto Explorer; Wings Over Tanzania

Osa and Martin JohnsonWINGS OVER TANZANIALong before the very first wildlife documentary, an American couple named Martin and Osa Johnson captured the public's imagination from 1917-1937 through their...

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Ten Questions for Underwater Explorer Barry Clifford

EXPEDITION UPDATE  Members of the 1990 International Polar Expedition met with Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (center) and the city's environmental minister, Takeshi Shimotsuma (far right) to discuss the...

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Researchers Find 2,600-Year-Old Brain; Explorers Club Explores Deal with...

 EXPEDITION NOTESCitizen of the World is a very highly modified Twin Turbine Commander 900Citizen of the World Aircraft Expedition Aims For the PolesAn aircraft titled Citizen of the World, began the...

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Titanic Struck by Submersible; NatGeo Examines O'Brady Antarctica Claims

SEARCHING FOR THE GHOSTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S WWII PASTIn 2018, author, adventurer, and television producer James Campbell, 58, helped to organize a trek across Papua New Guinea on a WWII trail that...

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COVID-19 Crisis Roils Exploration World

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NO COVID-19 DEATHS IN NEPAL, BUT SHERPAS SUFFER ECONOMICALLY

 For those of us with many friends among the Sherpas, and memories of expeditions to its fabled peaks, we're pleasantly surprised that Nepal remains relatively unscathed by the coronavirus crisis, with...

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TV Show Seeks Field Technician; Dog Sniffs Out Whale Poop

EXPEDITION NOTESUnalaska, Alaska, is the chief center of population in the Aleutian Islands.Field Technician Needed for TV Documentary Set in AleutiansA television production company with a track...

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Cursing Like a Sailor; More Diversity Needed in Exploration

EXPEDITION NOTESKathryn D. Sullivan is a record-setter. She's seen holding the Explorers Club flag which was awarded by TEC's Flag and Honors Committee, to be presented back to the Club at a later...

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Collector is No. 1 in Dinosaur No. 2 Field

EXPEDITION UPDATEErin Parisi plans Everest attempt in Spring 2021Erin Parisi Sets Sights on Becoming First Known Transgender Person to Climb EverestErin Parisi is setting out to make history as the...

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Record Year in 2021 Expected on Mt. Everest; Pilot Marks 30 Years Searching...

EXPEDITION NOTESTraffic jam on Everest, May 2019.Everest Chronicler Decries Crowding and Lack of Government ManagementAlan Arnette, 64, founder of the popular website AlanArnette.com told an Explorers...

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Women Explorers Face Sexism in the Arctic

Elcano 500, Jimmy Cornell's new Outremer 4X catamaran. Photo courtesy of Jimmy Cornell.ELECTRIC SAILBOAT CELEBRATES WORLD'SFIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATIONAuthor, sailor and event organizer Jimmy Cornell has...

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Does Everest Come with a Money Back Guarantee? Explorers Club Discovery...

October 2020 – Volume Twenty-Six, Number Ten Celebrating our 26th year this month! EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy...

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Enough Already With Offensive Route Names; Flights to Everest Resume; What...

November 2020 – Volume Twenty-Six, Number Eleven Celebrating our 26th year.     EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy...

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Socially Distance Yourself Like a Pro

EXPEDITION NOTES Officials from Nepal's Survey Department measuring the height of Mount Everest. (Nepal Survey Department/Nepal Survey Department) World’s Tallest Peak is Even Higher After more than a...

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