Seeking the Most Inaccessible Places on Earth
IRISH ADVENTURER SEEKS POLES OF INACCESSIBILITYStudy maps long enough and you're bound to identify a challenge not yet met. Such was the case of the late businessman Dick Bass in 1985 who targeted...
View ArticleSeeking the Most Inaccessible Places on Earth
IRISH ADVENTURER SEEKS POLES OF INACCESSIBILITYStudy maps long enough and you're bound to identify a challenge not yet met. Such was the case of the late businessman Dick Bass in 1985 who targeted...
View ArticleAnker and Aldrin on the Mend; Ranulph is Fiennes After Climb
EXPEDITION UPDATEUlyana N. Horodyskyj (second from left) and her HERA crew hold The Explorers Club flag.From HERA to MarsUlyana N. Horodyskyj, Ph.D., a 30-year-old Boulder, Colo., scientist and...
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MEDIA MATTERSArtist Alexander PonomarevA Cool ExhibitionAntarctica is the inspiration for Antarctic Biennale 2017, a new exhibition of contemporary art spearheaded by Russian artist Alexander...
View ArticleDog Sled Team Cleans Up in Alaska
FROM SEA TO SUMMIT AND BACK AGAINAn international team of three military veterans will conduct a Sea-to-Summit-to-SeaExpedition of Mt. Everest and Lhotse in order to promote actionable and tangible...
View ArticleCancel the Lear Jet to Nova Scotia: Solar Eclipse is Coming to You
Preston Sowell and Peruvian underwater archaeologist Josué Israel Zare Vergara preparing to submerge. High Altitude Lake in Peru Reveals 850-Year-Old Submerged RuinsDuring ongoing climate and...
View ArticleColumbus Explores, He Scores; Do You Know Alex Lowe?
EXPEDITION UPDATE Did You Know Alex Lowe?Max Lowe, the son of the late mountaineer Alex Lowe, is seeking personal and archival information about his late father who was widely regarded as one of the...
View ArticleCitizen-Scientists on Cloud Nine; Remembering Ueli
PROJECT PoSSUM TRAINS CITIZEN-SCIENTISTS TOSTUDY UPPER ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDSThis June, a group of citizen-scientists will fly in a small research aircraft out of Northern Alberta to chase...
View ArticleHillary Step Damaged; Six Die on Everest; Apollo Engines Land in Seattle
EXPEDITION UPDATEApollo Engines Land at Seattle's Museum of FlightAlmost 50 years after they were fired up, rocket engines that sent NASA's Apollo crews on the first leg of their trips to the moon have...
View ArticleOutdoor Show Drops Curtain on Salt Lake, Studying Tasmanian Devil, the Nepal...
Young Explorer Studies Island Conservation EffortsThis fall, Joshua Powell, 23, from Sussex, UK, is leading the Island Conservation For An Island Nation Expedition across the South Atlantic islands....
View ArticleFirst American Woman Summits K2, A Ride on the Time Machine, Why Dinosaurs...
EXPEDITION UPDATEFirst American Woman Summits K2In December 2014, we wrote about plans by Vanessa O'Brien to become the first American woman to successfully summit K2. On July 28, at the age of 52, she...
View ArticlePulling for the Planet, Drone Helps Plan Gobi Expedition, Surviving the...
PAX ARCTICA EXPLORES LITTLE-KNOWN NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS A one-month expedition will explore a virtually unknown region of the Russian Arctic to create awareness of the challenges affecting this part of...
View ArticleLandlocked Researcher is Sharks' Best Friend
You couldn't be much further from the ocean, and sharks, than Colorado. Yet it's here that the Ocean First Institute in Boulder has become one of the marine animal's most fervent benefactors.Leading...
View ArticleExploring Patagonia on Horseback; The Story Behind "Jane"
PATAGONE EXPEDITION DOCUMENTS PATAGONIA BY HORSEBACK Now that Patagonia, or as some call it "Patagucci," has become a virtual uniform for outdoorists, it's good to remember that the apparel company is...
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EXPEDITION UPDATE Vanessa O'Brien (Photo courtesy AAC - NY Section)Vanessa O’Brien, First American Woman to Summit K2, is AAC Guest of HonorVanessa O’Brien, was guest of honor at the American Alpine...
View ArticleGrant Money for Snowboarding Adventurers; Trip Report From Nepal Eye Mission
EXPEDITION NOTESExplorers Club Names ECAD HonoreesThe Explorers Club recently named the honorees for its ECAD 2017 recognition dinner, themed "Next Generation Exploration," on Mar. 10, 2018 at the...
View Article"Amy Winehouse" Sub Takes Passengers, Everest Watchdog Dies
EXPEDITION NEWS, founded in 1994, is the monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online to media representatives, corporate sponsors,...
View ArticleTeammates Wanted for Papua New Guinea Trek
EXPEDITION NOTES Berua, one of the local guides you might meet along the Papua New Guinea trek. (Photo taken by Philipp Engelhorn in 2006) Teammates Wanted for Papua New Guinea Trek Author and...
View ArticleAmazon Bwana Eats an Iguana; Amelia's Bones Found?
EXPEDITION UPDATE Allison Hargreaves (1962 - 1995) receives her due.New York Times Finally Runs Allison Hargreaves Obit While the death of British climber Allison Hargreaves was noted in the...
View ArticleYoungest Americans Reach the North Pole
EXPEDITION NOTESYoungest Americans Reach the North Pole The youngest Americans to reach the North Pole returned safely home last month.Three-and-a-half-year-old Ronin Phi Garriott de Cayeux...
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