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Antarctica 2024-25: Skiers Climb Toward the Polar Plateau
Most South Pole expeditions are well underway. Whiteout conditions and flat light are troubling almost everyone, but the skiers are remaining on pace. Meanwhile, a mountaineer has announced plans for a...
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Cast Your Vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award
The juried winners of the 60th Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest were announced earlier this year, but the People's Choice Award contest is still in full swing. And you can help select the...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Bikepacking Across Iceland
It seems like most adventures these days have charity fundraising goals, obscure records to break, or fastest-known-times to set. Joffrey Maluski, a photographer and filmmaker based in France, rejected...
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Explore the Fascinating History of Imaginary Lands With This Interactive Map
Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared on ancient maps. The most famous example is that of Atlantis, a myth that originated with Plato and persisted on maps well into the...
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The Very Best Images From the James Webb Telescope in 2024
The James Webb Telescope — the super-sensitive, tennis-court-sized, space-based imager jointly managed by several international space agencies — continued to deliver gorgeous shots of the cosmos in...
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Antarctica 2024-25: Soft Snow Plagues Skiers, But the Sun Shines
While the weather in Antarctica has been sunny and beautiful for the last few days, a recent storm dumped soft snow on most of the expeditions, shortening daily mileage and causing extra work for the...
View ArticleMan Leaps Onto Polar Bear to Defend Wife From Attack
A Canadian man is recuperating in a hospital after thwarting a polar bear attack on his wife, according to the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. The couple, who live in Fort Severn First Nation in...
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John Rae Society's Desperate Bid to Save Explorer's Crumbling Home
A historical society has announced a public fundraiser in an attempt to save the childhood home of Dr. John Rae, one of the luminaries of arctic exploration. The Hall of Clestrain is a three-story,...
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Weekend Warm-Up: ¡Ay Chihuahua!
Erik Boomer and Ben Stooksberry are two of the best expedition kayakers in the world. But even they may have met their match when they travel to Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The plan? First descents...
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Great Explorers: Charles Sturt
In the 1800s, many explorers flocked to the polar regions. But another vast, uncharted land presented opposite difficulties, one that often attracted adventurers of a more spontaneous — but no less...
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New Study Finds Bering Land Bridge Was Really More of a Swamp
Why did the woolly mammoth cross the road? Or more specifically, why did the woolly mammoth cross the road, but not the woolly rhino? A new study could explain why some ancient animals, like mammoths,...
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Antarctica 2024-25: Clear Skies Are Cause for Celebration
Sunny weather has most skiers celebrating easy navigation and fully charged devices, but a few must pick up their pace. Norwegian Hege Victoria has recently announced she intends to break the women's...
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Satellite Gives Ultra-Detailed Glimpse of Sea Floor
You've heard the well-worn saying — that we know more about outer space than we do about parts of the ocean floor. With the help of a powerful satellite called SWOT, that might be changing. The Surface...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Alex Honnold Discusses Fear with Psychologist
Two years after Alex Honnold famously free-soloed El Cap, he sat down for the Nobel Prize's version of a Ted Talk with psychologist Armita Golkar. The conversation focused on fear — where it comes...
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Alice Morrison to Trek Across Saudi Arabia
On Jan. 1, 2025, adventurer, writer, and BBC presenter Alice Morrison will set off from the Jordanian border to cross the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on foot. Expected to take five months over two winters,...
View ArticleCaver Rescued After Four Days, Will 'Never Enter a Cave Again'
An injured cave explorer was successfully pulled into daylight early Wednesday morning after a four-day rescue, multiple media outlets are reporting. Speleologist Ottavia Piana was exploring an...
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Antarctic Update 2024-25: Three Record Attempts Now In Progress
Three Norwegians are now attempting speed records along the Hercules Inlet to South Pole route. Arne-Kristian Teigland is hoping to beat Frenchman Vincent Colliard's record of last year, while Kristin...
View ArticleMan's Dropped Camera Captures Incredible Humpback Footage
Bad luck became serendipity for a Canadian man when his dropped camera captured dramatic whale feeding behavior. Peter Mieras is a British Columbia-based underwater videographer. He was experimenting...
View ArticleWorld's Largest Iceberg Finally Escapes Antarctic Vortex, Drifts Slowly...
A23a, the world's largest and oldest iceberg, has spent most of the past year stuck in one spot, spinning slowly in a circle. Now, just in time for the New Year, it's gotten its act together and is...
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Flat Earthers Puzzled by Observable Evidence That the Earth Is Not Flat
In a project dubbed The Final Experiment, a group of Flat Earth proponents traveled to Antarctica at the height of summer in the southern hemisphere, expecting to witness the sun go down. It went...
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Weekend Warm-Up: An Icy Journey in Tibet
This weekend's film examines the sublime and simple beauty of Tibetan culture. Photo: Screenshot At 5,070m, Thoe Village is one of the highest permanent settlements in the world. The ethnic Tibetan...
View ArticleThese Guys Made a Custom Wedding Ring from Apollo 11 Material
Forget model rockets. If you really want to one-up your fellow NASA maniacs — and impress your sweetheart to boot — you've got to turn a piece of space-faring history into a wedding ring. That's...
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Top 10 Expeditions of 2024. #5. Kilian Storms the Alps
In the world of mountain running, there's Kilian Jornet, and then there's everybody else. That may seem like a bold statement if you're one of those people for whom the Spaniard's name only surfaces...
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Antarctic Update 2024-25: Skiers Find Their Stride and Dream of Holiday Food
A few speed record attempts have passed the halfway point and are on track to succeed. Other skiers on the Hercules Inlet, Messner Start, and Berkner Island routes are increasing their daily distance —...
View ArticleAn Injured Kristin Harila Calls it Quits on South Pole Speed Push
Kristin Harila has bowed out of her solo, unsupported, 1,130km Hercules Inlet to South Pole ski expedition, citing back pain from an injury incurred early in her attempt. "Choosing to end the...
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Antarctic Update 2024-25: Two Norwegian Speedsters Bow Out
Arne-Kristian Teigland, who was on pace to grab the men's Hercules Inlet to South Pole speed record, fainted yesterday and was evacuated. Norwegian Kristin Harila has also ended her solo, unsupported...
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Weekend Warm-up: Rite of Passage
Three-quarters of the way through her attempt on the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (WURL), having just summited the final peak on the route, amateur athlete Mali Noyes leans over and vomits. The...
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Lost Hiker Found Alive After 13 Days in Rugged Australian Park
A hiker missing for 13 days in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, has been rescued. Hikers found 23-year-old Hadi Nazari yesterday afternoon, just off the trail near Blue Lake, after...
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Antarctic Update 2024-25: Victoria on Pace for Record, Nanavati's Full...
Norwegian speedster Hege Victoria is "a few kilometers ahead" of the current women's Hercules Inlet to South Pole record, with a likely finish over the weekend. Ashkay Nanavati's full crossing attempt...
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Two Groups of Castaways Marooned on the Same Island: One Did Everything...
In the early hours of January 3, 1864, the anchor chain that tethered the 56-ton schooner Grafton to the sea bed off southern New Zealand snapped loose. Ninety minutes later, the gale that had been...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Maze of the North
Justin Barbour's name might be familiar to regular ExplorersWeb readers. The school teacher-turned-content-creator and adventurer's 3,800km trek from Northern Quebec to the southern tip of Newfoundland...
View ArticleHege Victoria Halts South Pole Speed Record Attempt
With less than 100km to go, Hege Victoria has aborted her attempt to break the woman's speed record to the South Pole. She will still finish her expedition, though at a slower pace. The Norwegian woman...
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The Mysterious Mad Gasser of Mattoon (and What We Can Learn From Him)
Fictional mystery stories are nice and tidy — all the puzzle pieces slotting nicely into place, every thread untangled, every question answered. But real-life mysteries are rarely like that. Especially...
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Natural Wonders: Chile's Marble Caverns
On the border between Chile and Argentina, on the edges of a turquoise lake in the heart of Patagonia, one of the world's most visually spectacular cave systems awaits. Known variously as Capillas de...
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Famous Fossil a Forgery? These Scientists Think It's Possible
When phosphate miners in Morocco accidentally uncovered a fossil in 2021, it seemed too good to be true. Nick Longrich, a paleontologist from the University of Bath, examined the jawbone and four...
View ArticleWatch and Hear This Meteorite Land in Canadian Man's Yard
"It landed right between my legs, where I [had been standing]." That's never a comfortable sentence to say out loud. But when the "it" in question is a meteorite traveling at 100 to 200 meters per...
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Her Plane Disintegrated in Mid-Air, and That Was the Easy Part: How This Teen...
It was the day after Christmas 1971, and Juliane Koepcke awoke on the shadow-striped floor of the Peruvian rainforest. She was buckled into a three-person airline bench seat. The plane itself has...
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Antarctic Update 2024-25: The Season Nears Its End
Youngmi Kim's supported island crossing is nearing its finish. Skiers on the Hercules Inlet, Berkner Island, and Messner Start routes all reached the South Pole earlier this week, with one exception....
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Weekend Warm-Up: Of A Lifetime
Mila Del La Rue comes by her free-riding chops honestly. Described as a skiing prodigy, the 18-year-old's father (Xavier) and uncle (Victor) are also big names in the free-ride snowboarding world. Of a...
View ArticleAntarctica 2024-25: Season Wrap-Up
The 2024-25 Antarctic expedition season ended this week. Over the last two months, skiers on six different routes attempted a mix of South Pole pushes, crossings, and climbs. While most skiers went...
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World's Largest Iceberg Might Hit South Georgia
The world's largest iceberg might be on a collision course for South Georgia Island. If it grounds on the continental shelf there, it could seriously disrupt wildlife and shipping in the area. A23a...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Man Spends 30 Years Restoring a Forest in 'Fools and Dreamers'
Hugh Wilson has spent the last 30 years regenerating native forest on New Zealand's Banks Peninsula. The story of how he did it is the subject of a lovely little 30-minute documentary called Fools and...
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Inside the Strangely Enjoyable World of Climbing Video Games
I'm halfway up the wall, and I'm in trouble. Excited by the prospect of my first climb outside the confines of the gym where I trained, I neglected to plan my route all the way to the apex of my climb....
View ArticleCheck Out This Rare Glimpse of the Northern Lights As Seen From the ISS
Few of us are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights from below. Seeing them from the other side around — that is, from orbit — well, that's a rare treat reserved for space farers. NASA...
View ArticleStarlink Now Beta Testing Direct-to-Cell Coverage
Cell phone dead zones in the U.S. took another step toward oblivion yesterday. T-Mobile and Starlink are now beta-testing their direct-to-cell satellite texting capability for iPhones. The T-Mobile...
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Cost of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail Almost Doubles in Five Years
The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers. Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey (now...
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Weekend Warm-Up: The Big Wait
The Big Wait begins with an unending field of blue sky, then tilts down to show the dry, scrubby Australian landscape. As the shot lingers, a train, so far over the horizon that it's barely visible,...
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A Solo Packraft Descent of Sierra Leone's Largest River
It was partway through Thomas Mariee's 17-day solo packrafting descent of Sierra Leone's Rokel River, and he was hiding in the jungle. Mariee had set up camp at dusk, hoping to conceal his presence...
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Great Explorers: Nordenskjold, Larsen, and the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
In the end, in the dark, it all came down to three things — experience, good judgment in the face of uncertainty, and penguin meat. It was 1903, their second winter on the White Continent. Swedish...
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Great Explorers: Gunther Pluschow
By the time Gunther Pluschow's aircraft plowed into a Patagonian lake in 1931, the 44-year-old had already experienced a lifetime of adventure. The German aviator and explorer was the first to survey...
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