Meet the adventurer: Daniel Raven-Ellison
In our new series, we meet record-breakers and boundary-pushers in the world of travel. This time it’s a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Daniel Raven-Ellison is a guerrilla geographer an...
Category Archives: Adventurers & Heroes
Norwegian adventurer crosses Arctic Ocean on skis despite thinning ice...
(L-R) team member Bengt Rotmo, Børge Ousland of Norway, South African-born Swiss adventurer Mike Horn and team member Aleksander Gamme on December 8th. Photo: AFP PHOTO / MIKE HORN SARL / ETIE...
These 10 gifts are perfect for adventure travelers
Photo courtesy of iStock / AzmanJaka The perfect gear for explorers Wherever your adventures take you, whether into the national parks of North America or remote villages on the far side of th...
13 reasons why Mike Horn is the world’s ultimate adventurer
Mike Horn has just completed his latest epic adventure across the Arctic Circle. Get the lowdown on his achievement and learn how he became the top adventurer he is today right here. Mike Horn...
“Find where you fit, and have the confidence to take that space.”
As part of National Geographic’s Women of Impact special, physicist and adventurer Melanie Windridge talks fusion, the northern lights – and why optimism helped her climb Everest. “...
Edinburgh adventurer Mollie Hughes sets off on record-breaking South P...
Edinburgh-based explorer Mollie Hughes has set off on an attempt to become the youngest woman to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Mollie Hughes hopes to be the youngest woman ever to ski s...
The Russian adventurer who is heading to the stratosphere
Fedor Konyukhov already holds the record for the fastest round-the-world balloon flight Serial adventurer Fedor Konyukhov is preparing for one of his greatest challenges yet, flying a hot-air balloon...
Adventurer returns after ‘magical’ round-the-world gyrocopter challeng...
Round the world gyrocopter trip Adventurer James Ketchell has become the first person to fly solo around the world in an open-cockpit gyrocopter – despite nearly getting struck by lightning. Mr...
For explorer Taylor Rees, the most undiscovered landscapes lie within
The climber and filmmaker on human-centered storytelling in Earth’s remotest regions. Taylor Rees will speak at the Global Landscapes Forum New York on 28 September 2019. Learn how to...
A U.S. adventurer just became the first to reach all of the world’s de...
Five Deeps mission completes record-setting dives to the bottom of five oceans. Victor Vescovo and his Limiting Factor, which is rated for unlimited diving depth.Courtesy Five Deeps Expedition. There...
Men of the moment: Hero firefighters who pinned down the ‘Sydney...
Heroic firefighters who helped restrain a man after a stabbing rampage in Sydney two weeks ago have made a daring rescue. The brave crew saved a 75-year-old man from a massive fire that tore through ...
Novice adventurer climbing Colombia’s 10 highest mountains to in...
Video producer Thomas Palmer has suffered bouts of depression for years ( Thomas Palmer ) A “novice adventurer” is attempting to climb all 10 of Colombia’s highest mountains ...
Adventurer Jason Black is cycling through ten countries on his way to ...
Irish Red Cross Ambassador Jason Black spent summer 2018 conquering K2 but instead of taking a well-deserved break this summer, Jason has just embarked on a gruelling 4,300km cycle through ten countr...
Adventurer set to cross Australia and Madagascar – having run across I...
HAVING just completed a 600 kilometre run across Iceland, Jamie Ramsay is more entitled than most to spend a few months taking it easy. But not this globetrotter. Despite clocking up more than 26,000...
Protecting Antarctica beyond 2041: an interview with polar explorer Ro...
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...