How to survive being lost at sea Unlike every other terrain type, the open ocean doesn’t offer any useful resources to find and leaves you at the mercy of the weather and relying on the limited supplies you have. The option to not be able to find anything useful is a...
The cost of visiting the most remote islands on earth There are an estimated 100,000 islands around the world which are home to about 10% of the earth’s population. The majority of islands are occupied and home to everything from isolated fishing villages and oil...
How did pirates survive at sea? A pirate is classed as someone who attacks ships at sea with the intention of stealing their cargo. There are still pirates operating today in certain areas of the world, but to the average person, the idea of a pirate is someone with a...
The Northwest passage – A survival nightmare The Northwest Passage is a shipping route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific by traveling northwest along the coastline of Canada. Before the Panama Canal was completed in 1914, the only way to get from...
3 Strange Ancient maps that shouldn’t exist The age of exploration began during the 1400s and by the late 1600s, the vast majority of the world had been mapped. During this time the best that people had to work with were rather basic tools that would show a...