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What Kind of Explorer are You?

Robert Peary Explorers’ narratives only get you so close to the truth. They are — like all memoirs — public documents, manuscripts that are written to be read by others. Yet they so… more →

Time to Eat the Dogs

Nick Smith's feature on ‘Nimrod Centenary’ for Explorers Journal, Summer 2009

nicksmithphoto wrote 1 week ago: The mighty Nimrod – a century on This year sees the centenary of the British Antarctic Expedition 19 … more →

Tags: explorers journal, Bob Headland, A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration, Antarctica, Nimrod, Shackleton, Aurora Australis, Alexandra Shackleton, Explorers Club

Could The Earth Contain All The Resurrected People Of History?

breakthroughtogod wrote 3 weeks ago: researchpark.arc.nasa.gov This world in its present state could hold few more people. Many areas are … more →

Tags: Resurrection, Deserts, Earth, Earth's Capacity, "fig tree", god's government, Millennium, mountain ranges, mountains

Greenland ice could fuel severe US sea level rise

Jac van Tuijn wrote 1 month ago: New computer modelling shows an additional sea level in north eastern North America of 10 cm higher … more →

Tags: USA, Global Warming, Sea level rise - global, climate change, Atlantic Ocean, coastal cities, Canada, sea-level rise, coastal zone management

Flood risk from Antarctic ice overestimated – its not 5 but 3,3 meters

Jac van Tuijn wrote 1 month ago: A cross section of Antarctica making British scientist Bamber believe that one third of the icecap w … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Sea level rise - global, climate change, sea-level rise

Wine Not?

polarprisca wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been away exploring Prince Edward County, perhaps the newest wine region in Ontario, if n … more →

Tags: Travel, Wine, Perú, Ecuador, China, Egypt, quark, quark expeditions, job perk

Nick Smith's interview with Pen Hadow in E&T magazine (Catlin Arctic survey – pre-departure)

nicksmithphoto wrote 2 months ago: Techno explorers take to the ice This month a team of explorers lead by Pen Hadow will set off on fo … more →

Tags: explorer, Engineering & Technology magazine, Exploration, Ernest Shackleton, Nick Smith, Pen Hadow, Catlin Arctic Survey, Martin Hartley, ann daniels

What Kind of Explorer are You? — 5 comments

Michael Robinson wrote 2 months ago: Robert Peary Explorers’ narratives only get you so close to the truth. They are — like a … more →

Tags: Explorers

'Shortcut for the armchair traveller' feature article in Times Higher Education Supplement by Nick Smith

nicksmithphoto wrote 2 months ago: Researching a feature on Ernest Shackleton earlier today I came across an article I wrote about pri … more →

Tags: Press notifications (words only), Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton, Aurora Australis, Robin Hanbury-Tenison, CuChullaine O'Reilly, Print On Demand, antiquarian books, Mike Berry

Nick Smith's review of Bob Headland's 'A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration' as appeared in Bookdealer magazine (full text)

nicksmithphoto wrote 2 months ago: A few people mentioned to me yesterday at the Antiquarian book fair at the RGS that they’d no … more →

Tags: Bookdealer, Bob Headland, A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration, Antarctica, Nimrod, Shackleton, Book Review, Quaritch, Exploration

Mapping Ice Melting

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 3 months ago: This post on mapping ice melting, which is part of an ongoing mapping memory project by a bricoleuse … more →

Tags: climate change, Ecology, Environment, 2009, Angelika Humbert, Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica, Arctic, atmosphere cryosphere interaction