Explorers
How to Reconstruct Lewis and Clark's Journey: Follow the Mercury-laden Latrine Pits
One campsite has been identified using the signatures left by men who took mercury-laced purgative pills to treat constipation and other ills
Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Ended in Gruesome Cannibalism
New bone analysis suggests crew resorted to eating flesh, then marrow
There Are New World Heritage Sites, Here Are the Ones You Should Travel to Now
This year, 24 sites from across the globe have been added to the heralded Unesco list
Did This Map Guide Columbus?
Researchers decipher a mystifying 15th-century document
This Man Plans to Spend a Year Living in a Giant Ball on an Iceberg
Adventurer Alex Bellini wants to watch a Greenland iceberg melt while he dwells in a "survival pod"
Amazing Ruins of a Long Lost City Discovered in Honduras
A scientific expedition into the depths of the Honduran rain forest discovered a lost city
When Steve Fossett Became the Magellan of the Skies
Ten years ago, the pioneering adventurer took off in pursuit of a new record in circumnavigation
A Dutch Actress Is Journeying to the South Pole on a Tractor
She pays tribute to great polar expeditions of the past and carries the dreams of thousands with her
Decoding the Lost Diary of David Livingstone
Modern technology allowed researchers to reveal that the good doctor was not all that the public presumed
John Smith Coined the Term New England on This 1616 Map
After Jamestown, Smith pushed the English to settle the northeast, identifying Plymouth as a suitable harbor four years before the Pilgrims landed there
Antarctic Explorer’s Journal Found In Melting Ice
George Murray Levick served as a photographer, zoologist and surgeon with the North Party
This Photographer Set Out on a Quest to Rediscover the World's Lost Species of Frogs
Some of the subjects are new to science, others haven't been seen in 15 to 160 years
Did Marco Polo "Discover" America?
Maps attributed to the 13th-century traveler sketch what looks like the coast of Alaska
Sir John Franklin’s Doomed Ship Just Turned Up in the Arctic After 170 Years
The two ships disappeared in 1846 during a British expedition trying to map the Northwest Passage
Beautiful Drone Video Captures Rarely Visited Area of Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs
Filmmaker Tristan Greszko takes us on an aerial journey through the isolated White Pocket of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
A Wyoming Cave Full Of Ice Age Animal Bones is Finally Being Opened To Scientists
After being closed for three decades, a remote sinkhole full of ancient bones will be opened to researchers
You Can Now Riffle Through the Same Library Charles Darwin Used Aboard the Beagle
The digital library includes 195,000 pages of text and 5,000 illustrations
Wreckage of Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria Found off Haitian Coast (Maybe)
The Santa Maria ran aground off Haiti in 1492
Scurvy Plagued Columbus' Crew, Even After the Sailors Left the Sea
Severe scurvy and malnutrition set the stage for the fall of La Isabela
These Two Explorers Just Broke the Record for Longest Walk in the South Pole
Last time someone tried this, the entire team wound up dying from the cold
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