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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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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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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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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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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...
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...
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...
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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....
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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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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...
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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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...
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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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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...
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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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...
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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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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...
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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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...
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