The story of early polar exploration is often told through a handful of famous names, yet many important expeditions have faded from broader recognition over time. These lesser-known journeys were not ...

"Issued under the auspices of the Arctic Club." "The Lord Baltimore Press, the Friedenwald Company, Baltimore, Md., U.S.A."--Verso of t.p. SCNHRB copy 39088013328562 has autograph of the former owner ...

Polar explorer Lonnie Dupre has spent the last four-and-a-half decades forging uncharted paths. In 2001, he and John Hoelscher completed the world’s first and only non-motorized circumnavigation of ...

Like health experts today, Edwardian explorers were concerned about both the variety of food and its quality. "Give the men good healthy food and I guarantee you will have no diseases," Norwegian ...

Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid ...

In 1909, a long-forgotten American explorer named Matthew Henson stood on the top of the world. Henson had traveled for months across Greenland’s frozen landscape to reach the North Pole with ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to clarify that archaeologist Doug Stenton is based in Alberta but works for the University of Waterloo, which is in Ontario.] ADRIAN ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British explorer Pen Hadow is to return to the North Pole five years after his record solo trek, in an attempt to establish when Arctic summer sea ice will disappear for good. The ...