When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the East, but what they found was more than they imagined: the New World. Some of ...

Adm. Richard E. Byrd was once known around the world for his expeditions to Antarctica. His son was determined to preserve his legacy. At the peak of his fame in the 1930s, Adm. Richard E. Byrd was ...

For historical accuracy, the 33-year-old Brit wears only the cotton dresses, yak wool coats and hobnail boots that her predecessors would have had Claire Turrell - Freelance writer Replicating the ...

BILLINGS, Mont. - In Joe McGeshick's classes, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark aren't presented as the larger-than-life heroes some of his students at Fort Peck Community College read ...

From Amelia Earhart to Percy Fawcett’s expedition to the Lost City of Z, the fate of these five explorers remains mysterious. Amelia Earhart poses for a portrait in an airplane circa 1936. The pilot ...

J.R. Harris has hiked some of the world’s most remote wildernesses - unsupported and mostly alone - including Patagonia, the Australian outback, and most recently, Tanzania. "A few weeks ago, I ...