Unlike the leader of the doomed Franklin expedition, Roald Amundsen delighted in getting to know and learning from the Inuit.
Tag: Exploration and Explorers
Canada Moves to Discourage Arctic Rivals as the Fabled Northwest Passage Opens Up
The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region.
We May Know Why Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Really Sank
The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began.
Want to Be a Deep Sea Explorer? Don’t Worry, There’s Lots Left.
Researchers collected more than 43,000 records of dives and assessed the photos and videos to determine how much of the bottom has been seen by humans.
Helen Schreider, Intrepid World Traveler, Is Dead at 98
She and her husband were the first people to travel the length of the Americas in an amphibious vehicle. But he was recognized for their accomplishments long before she was.
On Titan Submersible Anniversary, World Rethinks Deep Sea Exploration
A year after the first deaths of divers who ventured into the ocean’s sunless depths, an industry wrestles with new challenges for piloted submersibles and robotic explorers.
Wreckage of Shackleton’s Last Ship Is Found Off Coast of Canada
Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea.
The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.
That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist.
Exploring the Backyard
While a grand trip might offer novelty and excitement, there’s adventure to be found in territories much closer to home.
A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hailed pinanga subterranea, a palm native to the island, as a discovery, but it has long been known to local Indigenous people.