In October of 2014, a team of expedition divers traveled to Madagascar to explore a series of underwater caves located in the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park. The discovered some amazing subterranean chambers, and found an incredibly diverse number [...]
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Video: The Madagascar Karst Exploration Project
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Julian Monroe Fisher Prepares for Fourth Leg of Great African Expedition
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, January 8, 2015
Next week, explorer and anthropologist Julian Monroe Fisher will return to Africa to launch the next leg of his Railriders Great African Expedition. As with previous phases of the project, Julian will be traveling in the [...]
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Video: We Are Capable Of Greatness
Posted by Unknown on Friday, January 2, 2015
This video combines excellent footage of the first test flight of the new Orion Spacecraft with narration provided by the late-great Carl Sagan. His words of inspiration express why man should continue to explore the stars, where he – and many people [...]
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ExWeb Mountaineering Round Table Part 2: Cameras, Video, and Staying Powered Up
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 11, 2014
Explorers Web has posted the second part of their technology round table, in which they discuss how some of the top mountaineers and explorers in the world stay connected while on their expeditions, while also documenting [...]
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Video: Katabatic - Episode 3
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 4, 2014
EpicTV has released the third episode in their outstanding Katabatic series. These videos follow explorers Mike Libecki, Freddie Wilkinson, Cory Richards and Keith Ladzinski as they go into the Wohlthat Mountain Range in the Antarctic [...]
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Video: Wanderers - A Vision of Exploration in Our Solar System
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The spirit of exploration still lives on in mankind, although at times it feels like we have forgotten that we are truly explorers at heart. This video is a vision of what it would be like if man were to spread out across our solar system, seeking new [...]
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National Geographic Adventure Announces 2014 Adventurers of the Year
Posted by Unknown on Monday, November 17, 2014
Also while I was away, National Geographic Adventure announced the 2014 Adventurers of the Year, honoring some of the most amazing people who accomplished impressive things over the past 12 months. As usual, the list is [...]
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In Defense of Space Travel
Posted by Unknown on Monday, November 3, 2014
As you've no doubt heard by now, on Friday the commercial space industry suffered a major setback when the Virgin SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test run, killing one member of the crew, and critically injuring another. The [...]
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Video: Our Conquest - Inspiration for Exploration
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, October 30, 2014
Here's an inspiring short video that uses clips from a variety of sources, overlaid with John F. Kennedy's famous speech on why we must go into space, to inspire exploration. Many of the clips are from the early days of the space program itself, but [...]
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2014 Antarctic Season Set To Begin
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 29, 2014
As the fall climbing season begins to wind down in the Himalaya, the attention of the exploration and adventure community will soon turn away from the mountains in a decidedly more southern direction. The 2014 Antarctic [...]
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Explorer Julian Monroe Fisher Announces Ambitious Schedule for 2015
Posted by Unknown on Friday, October 3, 2014
In addition to hosting a new adventure-centric radio show, explorer Julian Monroe Fisher has also announced an ambitious schedule for 2015 that will see him return to Africa once again, and launch a completely new expedition [...]
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Largest Cave Chamber in the World Discovered in China
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
A team of cave explorers funded by the National Geographic Society has located the largest underground chamber in the world in a remote cave system in China. The group of spelunkers traveled to that country last year to [...]
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Sponsored Video: The North Face - The Explorer
Posted by Unknown on Friday, September 26, 2014
We humans are explorers. There is no denying that. There is something innate in our make-up that spurs us to push on into the unknown. We want to see what is over the next horizon, and want to fill in the blank spots on the map. It is what has driven [...]
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National Geographic Announces "Expedition Granted" Finalists
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, September 18, 2014
Way back in June, I posted about National Geographic's Expedition Granted, a program that asked us – the general public – to submit our best ideas for adventurous projects that we've always dreamed of accomplishing. The [...]
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Reminder: The Adventure Magazine Radio Show Begins Tonight
Posted by Unknown on Monday, September 15, 2014
Last week I posted a story announcing the launch of a new radio program called The Adventure Magazine with Monroe and Gigi, which will be hosted by my friend Julian Monroe Fisher and his wife Gigi. I wanted to take this [...]
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Introducing The Adventure Magazine with Monroe and Gigi Radio Program
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, September 11, 2014
I have some exciting news for adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts. My friends Julian Monroe and Gigi Fisher are launching a new radio program that will focus on some of our favorite topics here at The Adventure Blog. The [...]
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Ship Missing for 160 Years Found in the Arctic
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Back in 1845, famed British explorer Sir John Franklin set out to find, and navigate, the Northwest Passage. With him he took two ships, and 129 men, with the hopes of discovering a way to sail across the Arctic from the [...]
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A Kayaking Expedition Through Canada's Torngat Wilderness
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Yesterday I posted a story from Canoe & Kayak magazine about Ben Stookesberry's attempt to paddle the legendary Dudh Kosi River in Nepal. That amazing expedition took place this past spring, but it isn't the only [...]
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Kayaking the Relentless River of Everest in Nepal
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Canoe & Kayak magazine has posted a remarkable story on its website detailing an amazing paddling expedition that took place in Nepal earlier this year. This past spring, expedition kayaker Ben Stookesberry was joined [...]
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Shackleton 100 Celebrates The Greatest Survival Story of All Time
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, August 21, 2014
100 hundred years ago this month, Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men, set out from Plymouth in the U.K. aboard their ship, the Endurance. Their destination was Antarctica, where Shackleton and his team hoped to become [...]
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