Sailing Solo Around the World … with a Pet Chicken
(via Great Big Story) Twenty-four-year-old Frenchman Guirec Soudée set out to see the world from a different vantage point: his
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8 Explorers Who Mysteriously Disappeared (and Some Who’ve Been Found)
(via mental_floss) By their very nature, explorers often push the boundaries of survival in the name of glory, so it’s
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NASA’s InSight Sticks Its Martian Landing
(via Popular Mechanics) Now the real science begins.
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The Ultimate Rich Kids Were the Children of Famous Explorers
(via Atlas Obscura) In history books, when the story of European exploration and colonialism is told, conquistadors and their sort
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Sailing Solo Around the World … with a Pet Chicken
(via Great Big Story) Twenty-four-year-old Frenchman Guirec Soudée set out to see the world from a different vantage point: his
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Why Can’t We Figure Out How the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic?
(via Atlas Obscura) In the 10th century, some Vikings piled into boats and shoved off the shore of what is
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How A Fake Mountain Range Slowed Down Arctic Exploration
(via Atlas Obscura) The 19th-century naval officer John Ross had a knack for seeing land where it wasn’t.
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Fort Conger: Robert Peary’s Arctic Hut
(via Amusing Planet) In 1899, when famous arctic explorer Robert Peary reached Ellesmere Island, in Canada, he found the ruins
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Jacques Cousteau
(via mental_floss) French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau helped millions of people learn about what goes on under
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The Obsessed, Feuding Searchers Still Looking for Amelia Earhart
(via Atlas Obscura) It was November 8, 2012, and Timothy Mellon, the son of the late Paul Mellon —was ecstatic.
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Sailing Solo Around the World … with a Pet Chicken
(via Great Big Story) Twenty-four-year-old Frenchman Guirec Soudée set out to see the world from a different vantage point: his
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8 Explorers Who Mysteriously Disappeared (and Some Who’ve Been Found)
(via mental_floss) By their very nature, explorers often push the boundaries of survival in the name of glory, so it’s
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