The filming of ‘Free Solo’ took a whole lot more than merely pointing a camera at El Cap. Watch how filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin pulled off the making of this historic film. See the full post >
Alaskans have long salvaged game struck by cars. The lower 48 just may end up catching on. See the full post >
The first for women, by women rock climbing guide course hopes to make it easier and more comfortable for women to break into guiding profession. See the full post >
As a mysterious 100-yard ice disk spins on a river in Maine, scientists wonder: What makes it spin? See the full post >
Some 25 years after the genocide that killed a million people, Sophie Ibbotson discovers an East African nation very much on the up. What’s the first word which comes to mind when you hear “Rwanda”? No, you don’t need to say it; almost everyone thinks of the same thing. The Rwandan genocide is an inescapable […]
Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, 144 feet long, 25 feet at the beam, and weighing 348 tons, was famously lost to the ice and black waters of the southern Weddell Sea, in November, 1915. Long after Shackleton and his crew abandoned the vessel after it stuck fast in the sea ice, they watched as growing […]
Researchers at the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a partnership between the University of Minnesota and Voyageurs National Park, mapped the movements of seven wolf packs throughout the park this past summer. The wolves had been collared with GPS monitors that sent data back to scientists eagerly tracking the pack’s movements. Every 20 minutes, the GPS collar dropped […]
When it’s way below freezing in the Arctic, and you’re struggling to ride a fatbike up a mountain, you’ll be happy you included a positive attitude in your packing list. See the full post >
“You shouldn’t see running as a chore when you’re a runner. You should do what you enjoy,” says ultrarunner Urte Fiek. Definitely not a chore to run the mountains she takes on in this short. See the full post >
In death, as in life, for environmentalists seeking eco-friendly, non-traditional burial practices. See the full post >