Born in the Canadian city of Calgary, hot air balloonists Sidney and Elenor Conn now spend their days volunteering in downtown Birmingham. But their journey south is far from the longest trek the pair ...
Two days into the expedition, the "Eagle" crashed on an ice floe. Photograph by Nils Strindberg, member of the expedition. The expedition's fate (and the photo) were discovered 33 years later. One ...
If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Listen 6:51 In the late 19th century, scores of celebrated, valorous explorers attempted to ...
On August 5, 1930, Olav Salen and Karl Tusvik, sailors aboard the Norwegian vessel Bratvaag, had gone seal hunting on Hvidøen (now Kvitøya, an icy, uninhabited island in the Svalbard archipelago in ...