Roald Amundsen

PEOPLE

The legendary Roald Amundsen was a master of arctic exploration—but his expertise still couldn’t save him from a chilling fate.

EDITORIAL

South Pole Editorial. Two men led the first expeditions to our planet’s southernmost point in 1912. But only one of those men made it back alive.

THINGS

“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” —Ernest Shackleton It took humans quite some time to become capable...

THINGS

“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” —Ernest Shackleton It took humans quite some time to become capable...



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