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Basecamp Explorer, a tour operator that specializes in adventure travel in the high Arctic, announced its 2026 itineraries.

The new 11-day Svalbard & Arctic Explorer tour includes two nights in Oslo; a cruise along Oslo fjord; Longyearbyen on Svalbard; and a seven-night cruise with G Adventures exploring the archipelago’s ...

An Arctic explorer has taken to the River Thames to test a home-made vessel built for his next expedition. Jim McNeill, 48, of Windsor, Berkshire, designed the boat - which he has called a Qajaq - for ...

Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid ...

Pen Hadow, who's preparing for a months-long trek across the Arctic, speaks on climate change, how technology has changed the life of an explorer, and the dangers of swimming with bears. Natasha Lomas ...

A man from Harrogate has become the first person to tick off seven of the eight "Poles of Inaccessibility" after reaching the Arctic pole. Explorer Chris Brown arrived at the Northern Pole of ...

GRAND FORKS — University of North Dakota President Thomas Kane probably felt a little sheepish in the spring of 1930. He was about to award an honorary degree to a former student who had been the bane ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The teenage daughter of a leading arctic explorer on Thursday begins her bid to become the youngest British woman to ski to the North Pole. Camilla Hempleman-Adams, 15, is ...