Category Archives: Adventurers & Heroes

Protecting Antarctica beyond 2041: an interview with polar explorer Ro...

August 21, 2019

Explorer Robert Swan is the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles unassisted. Those expeditions inspired him to dedicate his life advocating for the protection of polar landscapes, w...

Space Explorer Natalie Panek’s Impossible Job

August 21, 2019

The Canadian almost-astronaut is making a name for herself as a new kind of space-nerd-of-all-trades The European ExoMars rover might be the most badass all-terrain vehicle ever built, and one o...

Adventurer Ash Dykes finishes 4,000-mile river Yangtze trek

August 21, 2019

A Welsh adventurer has become the first person to walk the length of the river Yangtze solo after a year of trekking through China. Ash Dykes, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, began his journey at the source ...

Brit adventurer in gyrocopter stops in Fryeburg

August 21, 2019

FRYEBURG, Maine — British adventurer James Ketchell dropped into Eastern Slope Regional Airport over the weekend during his personal quest to land in every mainland U.S. state and eventually ci...

HERO’S MISSION War hero to climb Kilimanjaro despite losing both...

August 6, 2019

WAR hero James Rose is planning to climb Kilimanjaro — without legs. The former private lost both limbs above the knee when blown up by a bomb in Afghanistan. James Rose will scale Kilimanjaro despit...

These Unsung Heroes of the Apollo 11 Mission Made the First Steps on t...

August 5, 2019

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. (Image: © NASA) At an International Astronomical Union meeting in 1955, noted astronomer Gerard Ku...

The Kit They Carried: Eight Adventurers On The Equipment They Can̵...

August 5, 2019

Adventurers have more high-tech equipment at their disposal than ever before. Ask them to pick their favourite, however, and they’ll probably point to the simplest in their arsenal; a low-key piece o...

This polar explorer is skiing the Arctic to show just how much ice is ...

July 21, 2019

Polar explorer Børge Ousland has been making history in the Arctic for a quarter of a century. In 1994 and 1996, the Norwegian was the first person to ski alone without resupply to the North Pole and...

The unexpected Canberra mum who is behind an adventure travel Instagra...

June 21, 2019

When Cath Wallis tells people that she went on a 60-kilometre hike on the weekend, she admits she gets some pretty strange looks. Truth be told, a 60km hike is nothing compared with some of the other...

UK adventurer aims to become first person to fly around the world in a...

June 21, 2019

A British adventurer has experienced “hairy moments” as he aims to become the first person to fly around the world in a gyrocopter. James Ketchell, 37, has just crossed the open waters of...

Motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders awarded MBE in Queen’s honours list...

June 21, 2019

Hardcore motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for his services to ‘endurance cycling and motorcycling’. The well-known eccentric started his...

Hero coach who stopped high school gunman: ‘Instincts just took over’...

May 27, 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. — Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student arm...

Explorer Goes Deeper Than Humans Have Gone Before to Find Our Trash Go...

May 27, 2019

When Victor Vescovo’s submarine hit the floor of the Mariana Trench, it sent the sediment swirling. “At bottom,” the Texas businessman-turned-extreme-explorer said into his headset....

72-year-old adventurer finishes trip across Atlantic in a barrel

May 27, 2019

A Frenchman who set out on his solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a large, orange barrel, has completed his trip. Jean-Jacques Savin, 72, departed from El Hierro, part of Spain’s Canary Island...

Adventurer begins round-the-world gyrocopter flight

April 30, 2019

Adventurer James Ketchell has taken off as he attempts to be the first person to fly around the world solo in a gyrocopter. The 37-year-old will fly over 22,800 nautical miles across 13 different cou...