“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars” Oscar Wilde.
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Let us eat cake
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Before you break the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most….
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Why the International Space Station is much more than an orbiting laboratory…
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The remarkable story of the “female Robinson Crusoe” as the sole survivor of a disastrous 1921 Expedition to Wrangel Island makes a key point about inclusion…
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James Holman (1786-1857) was a Victorian-era adventurer and author. The first blind person to circumnavigate the globe, he holds the further distinction of being the most prolific private traveller in history, blind or sighted, prior to the invention of modern transportation. ….
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The most famous mountain in the world is named after someone embarrassed by the honour…
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Two years ago, early in the morning, I set out on a steep ascent of 1200 steps,
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The first African in the Arctic, the story of Olaudah Equiano’s life is humbling…
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What it means to lead like a guide…
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Researching an explorers’s mindset I studied Dr David Livingstone, lost in Africa for 6 years before being “found” by Henry Morton Stanley in 1871 who allegedly greeted him with the celebrated words, “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”
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108 minutes that changed humanity’s destiny
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Surprisingly the first Antarctic Expedition is the least known…
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A true explorer’s incredible life
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If you already have cabin fever, consider these words…
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Asking a silly question on Mount Kenya…
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A familiar sounding 5 year mission…
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Lady Mary Montagu was an explorer, not a traveller….
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