PADDLING TITICACA
TITIKAYAK EXPEDITION PADDLES S.A.’S LARGEST LAKEExplorers are now attempting the first circumnavigation by kayak of Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, located approximately 12,500...
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CHAIRWAY TO HEAVEN; $150K IN GRANTS AVAILABLE
October 2013 – Volume Twenty, Number Ten EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online to...
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AROUND THE WORLD BY TUK TUK
EXPEDITION UPDATE Explorers Complete Titicaca Circumnavigation Two explorers, Belgian explorer Louis-Philippe Loncke and Peruvian guide Gadiel Sanchez Rivera, completed an epic journey on Lake...
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SNORKELING THE CANADIAN ARCTIC Susan Eaton, a Calgary-based geologist, geophysicist, journalist and Arctic and Antarctic snorkeler, is leading two all-female extreme snorkel relays to the Canadian...
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January 2014 – Volume Twenty-One, Number One EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online to...
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February 2014 – Volume Twenty-One, Number Two EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online...
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London to Sydney by Amphibious DUKW
DUCK DOWN UNDERA team of five adventurers are undertaking a first-time expedition from London to Sydney in a WWII DUKW amphibious truck, crossing 20,000 miles by land and 2,000 miles over water....
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Kon-Tiki Flag Goes on Another Trip
EXPLORERS MAKE A BEELINE IN BRITAIN Next month a team of four will attempt to become the first people to complete a straight-line journey from one end of Britain to the other, something never before...
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Everest's Most Tragic Day
It was the deadliest, darkest day on the world’s most revered mountain. April 18, 2014 will forever be remembered as the day when an avalanche buried 16 Nepalese Sherpa, 13 of whom were eventually...
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Santa Maria Wreck Needs Further Study
MINNESOTA ADVENTURERS DESCEND AMAZON’S “RIVER OF DOUBT”One hundred years ago, Theodore Roosevelt, America’s “Rough Rider” and “Wild West” adventure president, undertook his biggest physical challenge –...
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Explorer Teaches Islanders to Swim
EXPEDITION UPDATE Aquanauts Break Underwater Living RecordFabien Cousteau, grandson of famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, has completed a 31-day stay in an underwater laboratory, thus breaking his...
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Explorers Vie for $50,000 in Grants
SEARCH FOR LOST FRANKLIN EXPEDITION FOCUSES ON NEW LOCATIONThe mystery surrounding the disappearance of the 1845 British Arctic Expedition commanded by Sir John Franklin is the most enduring in polar...
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Two Big Discoveries Announced in September
September 2014 – Volume Twenty-One, Number Nine EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online...
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On the Shoulders of Shackleton
October 2014 – Volume Twenty-One, Number Ten Celebrating our 20th Anniversary!EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy...
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Tough Week for the American Space Program
EXPEDITION NOTESTough Week for the American Space ProgramThe space program was reeling in late October from two separate accidents: the destruction of an Antares rocket bringing supplies to the...
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Climber Hopes to Become First American Woman to Summit K2
December 2014 – Volume Twenty-One, Number Twelve Celebrating our 20th year!EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy...
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Two El Cap Climbers Become World "Rock Stars"
PROJECT 8000 FOR ALZHEIMER'S Alan Arnette of Ft. Collins, Colo., is embarking on a bold project to summit all 14 of the 8000 m mountains in five years. It is unique in two ways: he is 58 years old, and...
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Adventurer Turns Iceberg Into Floating Campsite
Alex Bellini, an Italian adventurer, endurance athlete, writer and professional speaker, plans to survive on the tip of an iceberg off northwest Greenland in December 2015 to witness the last phase of...
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Under Armour Sponsors Six Summits Expedition
STEGER GOES SOLO THIS TIME He’s led some of the largest expeditions in modern history – to the North Pole, Greenland south to north, and across Antarctica the longest way possible. This time however,...
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"The Academy Awards of Exploration"
EXPEDITION NOTESRace to the North Pole The Mamont Foundation has announced the Mamont Cup 2015, a race to the North Pole on April 15 to 21, 2015.This inaugural event will see five teams, led by famed...
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