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Polar Hoaxes and Lost Worlds
A century ago this week Robert Peary and Frederick Cook locked horns in the “The North Pole Controversy,” an epic media battle that dominated news on both sides of the Atlantic for months… more →
Time to Eat the Dogs
Nick Smith's article on visiting the North Pole as appearing in current edition of E&T magazine
wrote 4 weeks ago: Breaking the ice at the North Pole You don’t have to be an Arctic explorer to visit the Geographic N … more →
EXTREME EARTH
wrote 4 weeks ago: Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Is … more →
Nick Smith interviews fine art photographer Stuart Klipper in 'Outdoor Photography' magazine
wrote 2 months ago: The art of outdoors Stuart Klipper is an American fine artist who shoots the world mostly through a … more →
Nick Smith reviews 'The Shackleton Letters' in Bookdealer magazine, November 2009 edition
wrote 2 months ago: Yours faithfully, Ernest Shackleton Nick Smith reviews The Shackleton Letters: Behind the Scenes of … more →
Professor Paul Crutzen - interview
wrote 3 months ago: Paul Crutzen wishes for a better understanding of the process 1. In your opinion which are the major … more →
Polar Hoaxes and Lost Worlds
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wrote 3 months ago: A century ago this week Robert Peary and Frederick Cook locked horns in the “The North Pole C … more →
Nick Smith's feature on ‘Nimrod Centenary’ for Explorers Journal, Summer 2009
wrote 6 months ago: The mighty Nimrod – a century on This year sees the centenary of the British Antarctic Expedition 19 … more →
Could The Earth Contain All The Resurrected People Of History?
wrote 6 months ago: researchpark.arc.nasa.gov This world in its present state could hold few more people. Many areas are … more →
Greenland ice could fuel severe US sea level rise
wrote 7 months ago: New computer modelling shows an additional sea level in north eastern North America of 10 cm higher … more →
Flood risk from Antarctic ice overestimated – its not 5 but 3,3 meters
wrote 7 months ago: A cross section of Antarctica making British scientist Bamber believe that one third of the icecap w … more →
Wine Not?
wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been away exploring Prince Edward County, perhaps the newest wine region in Ontario, if n … more →
Nick Smith's interview with Pen Hadow in E&T magazine (Catlin Arctic survey – pre-departure)
wrote 7 months ago: Techno explorers take to the ice This month a team of explorers lead by Pen Hadow will set off on fo … more →
What Kind of Explorer are You?
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wrote 8 months ago: Robert Peary Explorers’ narratives only get you so close to the truth. They are — like a … more →
'Shortcut for the armchair traveller' feature article in Times Higher Education Supplement by Nick Smith
wrote 8 months ago: Researching a feature on Ernest Shackleton earlier today I came across an article I wrote about prin … more →
Nick Smith's review of Bob Headland's 'A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration' as appeared in Bookdealer magazine (full text)
wrote 8 months ago: A few people mentioned to me yesterday at the Antiquarian book fair at the RGS that they’d not … more →
New Arctic Exhibition
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wrote 10 months ago: Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, Gerard Mercator, 1611. A polar projection showing islands and … more →
WMO-report reviews all new evidence of global environmental change gathered in Polar Year
wrote 10 months ago: Cover IPY-report on the results of all scientific research in 2008. During a special ceremony on Feb … more →
Maybe I Was Wrong
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wrote 11 months ago: Why do people climb 8000-meter mountains? Free-solo the Eiger? BASE jump the Eiffel Tower? Motives a … more →
New Worlds
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wrote 11 months ago: Life cover from 22 February 1954 featuring shot of film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea At times I thin … more →
