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How a group of suburban dads from the Midwest unknowingly made the first undisputed expedition to the North Pole
How a group of suburban dads from the Midwest unknowingly made the first undisputed expedition to the North Pole
Can skiing’s problems be solved by a nomadic, human-powered, ‘backcountry light’ resort?
In late September 2021, a team of archaeologists used ice axes, shovels, brooms, and warm water heated over a Primus camp stove to extract a rare artifact from an ice patch on Digervarden mountain in Norway: a thirteen-hundred-year-old wooden ski, with birch and leather binding still attached. The ski featured a raised foot platform (more … Read more
From three corners of the Alps, we interpret a trio of classics guaranteed to warm your winter routine
James Morris brought the world news of the first Everest ascent, then returned home to a greater challenge
The deepest, largest, oldest lake in the world still harbors secrets