J.R. Harris has hiked some of the world’s most remote wildernesses - unsupported and mostly alone - including Patagonia, the Australian outback, and most recently, Tanzania. "A few weeks ago, I ...

Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries History of Now Amanda Bellows - Author, The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions ...

Ramy Inocencio is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in London, covering Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Network in 2019 as CBS News' Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and reporting ...

The American explorer was exploring the Morca cave last week but became trapped after he began suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding. The newspaper also reported that rescuers are using explosives ...

“How many African American explorers can you name, and how much of their backgrounds are you familiar with?” asked Harris at the beginning of his lecture. “There are some endeavors where African ...

Rescuers pulled American explorer Mark Dickey from a cave in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, more than a week after he fell ill while at a depth of more than 3,280 feet inside the cave. The Turkish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. When it comes to boundary-pushing explorers and scientists, ...

This upbeat survey from New School historian Bellows (American Slavery and Russian Serfdom in the Post-Emancipation Imagination) profiles 10 American explorers, from the 1804 Lewis and Clark ...

Risking life and limb, countless expeditions braved Arctic cold and crushing ice in the 1800s. All failed, but each one came closer and closer to the top of the world. An iceberg looms over the ...

The year is 2007. Then-student at the University of Iowa pursuing her Ph.D. in art history, Kate Elliott, attends a graduate seminar about American history paintings — a far more influential class ...

The trapped explorer Mark Dickey’s condition is “stable but fragile,” Carl Heitmeyer, acting public information officer for the New Jersey Initial Response Team, said in an emailed statement. The cave ...