Explorers
Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space Shuttle
A documentary film crew stumbled across a section of the destroyed spacecraft that measures at least 15 by 15 feet
Explorers Find Cameras Abandoned by Mountain Climbers in 1937
Scientists traced the movement of Canada’s Walsh Glacier to find the long-lost cache
Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance' May 'Decay Out of Existence'
The recently discovered vessel is vulnerable on the seafloor, but raising it from the depths comes with unique challenges
Have We Been Calling Machu Picchu by the Wrong Name?
Historical records suggest the Inca called the 15th-century citadel Huayna Picchu, before an American explorer who "discovered" the site in 1911 renamed it
Shackleton's 'Endurance' Shipwreck Is Teeming With Bizarre Ocean Life
Undersea footage reveals the ship's diverse collection of sea stars, sponges, anemones, and even a rare deep-sea squat lobster
Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance' Discovered in Icy Antarctic Depths
Researchers captured stunning photographs of the century-old wreck, still intact almost two miles beneath the waters of the Weddell Sea
Inside the Last Journey of the 'Carnegie'
The groundbreaking ship and its dedicated captain shaped our understanding of the Earth’s magnetic field
How Sitting Bull's Fight for Indigenous Land Rights Shaped the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
The 1872 act that established the nature preserve provoked Lakota assertions of sovereignty
Inside Idaho's Campaign to Include Indigenous History in Its Highway Markers
Native leaders and scholars are advising the State Historic Preservation Office's landmark decolonization project
New Dating Method Shows Vikings Occupied Newfoundland in 1021 C.E.
Tree ring evidence of an ancient solar storm enables scientists to pinpoint the exact year of Norse settlement
Statue of Pre-Hispanic Woman Will Replace Columbus Sculpture in Mexico City
The towering likeness is an oversized replica of a 15th- or 16th-century limestone artwork discovered earlier this year
Genetic Study Maps When and How Polynesians Settled the Pacific Islands
Mysterious stone figures on far-flung islands may have been erected by descendants of seafaring explorers from the same archipelago
The Polynesian 'Prince' Who Took 18th-Century England by Storm
A new nonfiction release revisits the life of Mai, the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain
Unraveling the Colonialist Myths of Nova Scotia
Planners saw the region as a blank space ripe for transformation: the perfect canvas for imperial fantasies
The Forgotten French Scientist Who Courted Thomas Jefferson—and Got Pulled Into Scandal
A decade before Lewis and Clark, André Michaux wanted to explore the American continent. Spying for France gave him that chance
Māori May Have Reached Antarctica 1,000 Years Before Europeans
New research draws on oral histories and other traditional records often ignored by Western scholars
What Mysterious Illness Plagued Polar Explorer Ernest Shackleton?
The Antarctic adventurer was initially diagnosed with scurvy, but new research suggests he actually suffered from beriberi
Descendant's DNA Helps Identify Remains of Doomed Franklin Expedition Engineer
New research marks the first time scholars have confirmed the identity of bones associated with the fateful Arctic voyage
From Books Bound in Human Skin to Occult Texts, These Are Literature's Most Macabre, Surprising and Curious Creations
A new tome takes readers into collector Edward Brooke-Hitching's "madman's library"
Did a Viking Woman Named Gudrid Really Travel to North America in 1000 A.D.?
The sagas suggest she settled in Newfoundland and eventually made eight crossings of the North Atlantic Sea
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