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AskMen.com
Dennis Ryan |
My Life As An Explorer Currently, Eric Larsen and his partner Ryan Waters are trekking from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole in an attempt to break the unsupported expedition record set by a Norwegian team in 2006.   |
Adventure
October 2004 |
Ask Adventure If planning a desert trip, should you prepare for thirst by drinking less water now? |
Adventure
April 2006
Richard A. Lovett |
Bears, Winds Fail to Derail Winter North Pole Trek The first ever winter trek to the North Pole reached its goal despite setbacks from weather, equipment failures, and polar bears. |
Science News
November 24, 2007 |
Science Safari: Poles Apart, but Viewed Together Check out animal migration through the Arctic on International Polar Year's new website. |
Wired
September 22, 2008
Damon Tabor |
Scientists May Soon Outnumber Penguins at Earth's Poles Tens of thousands of scientists are zipping up their parkas for the latest International Polar Year initiative. |
Scientific American
March 2007
Charles Q. Choi |
Pole Positions More than 30 nations are initiating a global campaign to study the Arctic and Antarctic: an International Polar Year. |
Fast Company
October 1999
Curtis Sittenfeld |
Leader on the Edge World-renowned explorer Robert Swan is the first person ever to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he's teaching businesspeople about leadership under life-and-death conditions. |
Geotimes
October 2007
Moran & Backman |
The Arctic Ocean: So Much We Still Don't Know In 2004, the Arctic Coring Expedition team took three ships to the Arctic to drill a core near the Lomonosov Ridge. The team's results are teaching us more than we ever knew about the past 65 million years in the Arctic. |
Outside
January 2004
Michael Roberts |
Permamush Will Steger launches a new Arctic dogsled expedition to put global warming on the world's front burner. |
AskMen.com
Terry Baldwin |
Top 10: Extreme Weather Destinations If your time off isn't complete without cheating death or at least talking tough from the relative safety of your barstool, here are 10 of the most extreme places on the globe. |
Outside
October 2002
Sara Wheeler |
The Adventure Continues Predicting the future of exploration |
Geotimes
August 2006
Megan Sever |
From Hot to Cold in the Arctic For the first time, scientists have recovered direct evidence of what life in the Arctic has been like for the past 56 million years. A new 400-meter-long sediment core is revealing that all in the Arctic has not always been as it seems. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Peter Brown |
NASA Satellites Watch Polar Ice Shelf Break into Crushed Ice Ice is melting at the poles much faster than climate models predict. |
Science News
January 1, 2005 |
Byrd Flight Produced by the National Science Foundation, this Web site commemorates explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd's historic flight to the South Pole about 75 years ago. |
Outside
March 2003
Michael Roberts |
Cool Trip South Africa's Mike Horn is circling the Arctic by land and by sea -- with no engines allowed |
Science News
December 4, 2004 |
Museum of Science From art, to history, to science, and more, the Museum of Science in Boston offers a wide variety of online exhibits. |
Outside
February 2004
Natasha Singer |
Break On Through The dream of a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic to the riches of Asia has driven explorers and visionary adventurers for centuries. With climate change in the air, The author braves the frigid 900-mile journey to find out if the old, mythic dream is becoming an epic new reality. |
Outside
October 2005
Luke Collins |
Attention Getter Danielle Fisher has climbed the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest -- and she's only 20. |
Outside
September 2006 |
What the Pros Know: Mount Everest Guides Debate The experts weight in on the risks and rewards of climbing Mount Everest. |
Outside
January 2007 |
How to Make it to the Top How to climb Mt. Everest. Excerpts from The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness by blind Everest climber Erik Weihenmayer and business consultant Paul G. Stoltz. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Anne C. Lee |
Freeze: The Antarctic Treaty Turns 50 On the first of December 1959, 12 nations signed a pact freezing territorial claims and banning military activity in Antarctica. Here's a tour. |
Inc.
March 2006
John Fried |
Travel: Having Fun Yet? From the dicey to the deadly, these daring recreational adventures will satisfy the novice thrill seeker and seasoned adventure traveler alike. So update your will and pack your bags. |
National Defense
January 2010
Austin Wright |
Coast Guard Examines Future of Patrolling The Arctic The Coast Guard anticipates increased duties patrolling the Arctic region due to global warming. |
Outside
May 2009
Brian Kevin |
Mickey Mouse Operation Disney is getting back to its nature-documentary roots, but can the company escape its own legacy? |
Fast Company
February 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
Hanesbrands' Super Suit: More Perks, Less Puff Than a Puffy Coat Hanesbrands embarks on an Everest expedition to test its R&D team. |
InternetNews
August 21, 2007
Paul Shread |
Grid Spans the Globe A new 'Polar Grid' will help scientists measure the effects of global warming in real time. |
Outside
April 2003
Jenny Dubin |
Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas |
Outside
September 2007
Nick Heil |
Elevated Can Viagra really improve high-altitude performance? |
Geotimes
March 2006
Lisa Rossbacher |
Can You Hear me Now? The world of communication is completely different from what the early explorers of this continent experienced -- one full of constant connection. |
Outside
May 2003 |
Everest's Destiny Hold on to your crampons. May 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mount Everest, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Record crowds of climbers, trekkers, and gawkers are expected to cram the mountain. |
