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8 Stories of Women Making History Right Now

This Women's History Month, we celebrate women doing extraordinary things all over the world.
April White March 17, 2023
objects of intrigue

The Intrepid, Furry Explorers Who Mapped Antarctica

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.
Andrew Avery January 19, 2023
Stockholm, Sweden

Vega Monument

Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.
Millaa Millaa Falls
Millaa Millaa, Australia

Millaa Millaa Waterfall

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.
George Bass Expedition Memorial
Bass, Australia

George Bass Expedition Memorial

Dedicated to a surgeon who made several natural discoveries across Australia.
exploration

Remembering the 'Ice Widows' of a Doomed Antarctic Expedition

For more than a century, their stories were ignored—until now.
Sarah Durn September 15, 2022
Sign for Wilson's Stone Igloo
List

An Explorer's Guide to Exploration Itself

10 of our favorite monuments to the search for new frontiers.
Jonathan Carey September 8, 2022
exploration

Podcast: Discovery Hut

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 24, 2022
The team visited an abandoned hut on their way to Bellingshausen Station.
exploration

The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica

With resourcefulness and a little help from international neighbors, a volunteer crew thrived in the icy landscape.
Sam Lin-Sommer August 23, 2022
The cairn is surrounded by eucalyptus trees.
Fairfield, Australia

Charles Grimes Expedition Cairn

A neat pile of shale marks an early English trip to the Yarra River.
A map of the route taken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their 1804-1806 expedition and an antique illustration of soup preparation from <em>Le livre de cuisine</em> (Paris, 1874).
sailors

Eating Like an Explorer Once Called for Plenty of ‘Portable Soup’

Sailors relied on the ration for centuries.
Laura Kiniry August 10, 2022
Cheese, meat, peanut butter, salmon spread, and even Crisco are favorite toppings on pilot bread.
exploration

How a Centuries-Old Soldier Ration Found a Fanbase in Alaska

Known as "pilot bread," hardtack is ubiquitous across the state.
Zeb Larson August 3, 2022
An ancient forest blankets the bottom of the sinkhole.
caves

Descending Into the Lush Underworld of China’s Newly Discovered Sinkhole

The country’s karst terrain is fertile ground for massive caves, and a new-found hype for adventure. 
Ye Charlotte Ming July 8, 2022
All three markers on the side of Route 33.
Swift Run, Virginia

Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Markers

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Though the <em>arêtes de poisson</em>, or “fishbones,” tunnels were discovered in 1959, research on their origin has been halting and inconclusive.
exploration

Was There Treasure Buried Under Lyon?

Since their discovery more than 60 years ago, the "Fishbones" tunnels beneath the French city have been an enigma.
Anna Richards December 19, 2022
A rugged volcanic rock landscape dominates Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas Islands.
science

What the World's Most Remote Islands Were Like Before Humans Arrived

Scientists dig deep for the lost bioscapes of the Marquesas Islands.
Gemma Tarlach April 4, 2022
Catedral de Santa Isabel
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Catedral de Santa Isabel

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.
Cryptozoologist Richard Freeman says we "shouldn't be surprised" if hominids like Russia's yeti (known as the almasty) exist, given that other hominids, like <em>Homo floresiensis</em>, died out just 12,000 years ago. This sculpture of an almasty is at an alpine resort in Sochi, Russia.
cryptozoology

Could 'Monsters' Exist in the Modern World?

Cryptozoologist Richard Freeman on why we should still believe in unseen animals.
Sarah Durn February 28, 2022