10 Things to Know Before Visiting Antarctica The most remote continent on earth isn’t owned by any government and has no permanent civilian population, but it does offer thousands of square miles of high-quality land to conduct research on. This research ranges from...
3 Short Survival Stories A good survival story can tell the tale of someone fighting for life over weeks or even months, struggling for food, and being stranded in the wilderness, but the majority of stories don’t go like this. Sometimes people are simply “stuck”...
The lone woman of San Nicolas – 18 years in isolation Towards the earlier part of the 1800s, the west coast of America was recognized as a gold mine, literally. Massive deposits were found in California and the surrounding areas, and settlements sprang up...
Life as an early Arctic explorer The Arctic was one of the last places on earth to be explored, and during the “Age of Discovery” which began in the early 1500s, was also one of the most valuable. Thousands of people came to this previously unexplored area for many...
Canal foraging There are over 2,000 miles of canals spread across England and Wales, with many of them connecting with river systems. They played a major part during the industrial era when canal technology advanced and the first lochs were made, along with a...