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What lies beneath: how the HMS Erebus was discovered
Sep 19, 2016
Written by
Joseph Frey
A chance encounter resulted in the breakthrough set to solve one of exploration history’s biggest mysteries. As the discovery of Franklin’s second ship, the HMS Terror, hits headlines, Joseph Frey tells the amazing story of how his original vessel, HMS…
Has Franklin’s second ship, HMS Terror, finally been discovered?
Sep 19, 2016
Written by
Joseph Frey
Reports that Sir John Franklin’s second ship, HMS Terror, has been discovered off Canada’s King William Island, in aptly named Terror Bay, means a major new piece of the Franklin puzzle has been found
ON THIS DAY: 1916, Shackleton rescues his crew
Aug 30, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Ernest Shackleton faces a race against time to rescue the stranded crew of the Endurance from the harsh winter of Elephant Island
Into the abode of death
Aug 08, 2016
Written by
Mark Evans
After 49 days on foot and by camel, Mark Evans, along with Omani explorers Mohammed Al Zadjali and Amur Al Wahaibi, arrived in Doha having followed the 1930 trail of explorer Bertram Thomas across the Empty Quarter of Arabia
Tribal meet: Visually documenting the World Indigenous Games
Aug 04, 2016
Written by
Paul Presley
The Rio Olympic carnival kicks into action this week, but last year Brazil saw competitors gathering for a very different festival of sport
Forever young: Why old age is no barrier for the Master Athletes
Aug 03, 2016
Written by
Paul Presley
While all eyes are on the world’s best athletes in Rio this summer, Geographical looks at the equally competitive, if slightly older, veterans still competing well into their old age
Seoul 1988: Real life in the land of miracles
Aug 02, 2016
Written by
Simon Winchester
Korea, insular and little-known to the Western world, was once dubbed the Hermit Kingdom. Today, given South Korea’s remarkable economic growth, it has earned another name – the land of miracles. Simon Winchester trekked the country hosting the Olympic Games
Greek tragedy: How Greece’s Olympic legacy lies in ruins
Aug 02, 2016
Written by
Amrita Carroll
In the run up to the Rio Olympics, the legacy of the £6billion 2004 Athens Olympics has been laid bare in these revealing images
Tony Foster: watercolour painter and explorer
Jul 26, 2016
Tony Foster is a watercolour painter, explorer, and RGS-IBG Fellow
Leng Ouch: investigative reporter and activist
Jul 20, 2016
Leng Ouch is an investigative reporter and activist. He spent many months undercover to expose the illegal logging taking place in Cambodia’s forests and is a recipient of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize
Symbols of hope: Refugees at the Olympics
Jul 18, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
This month, when the competitors of the 2016 Rio Olympics complete their opening ceremony laps of the Maracanã stadium, they will be joined by a small group walking without a national flag – refugee athletes set to make history on…
Running free: refugees at the Olympics
Jul 18, 2016
Written by
Harriet Constable
As the Rio Games draw nearer, Geographical visits the makeshift Kenyan training camp playing home to the Refugee Olympic Team’s track stars
The unsettling sources of the Nile
Jul 13, 2016
Written by
Christopher Ondaatje
The commonly held view of Lake Victoria as the source of the world’s longest river isn’t as clear cut as many would believe. Renowned explorer, author and philanthropist, Sir Christopher Ondaatje, sets out a case for looking further afield
Yellow fever goes intercontinental
Jul 05, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Increased air travel is transporting yellow fever to Asia, as the first ever cases are diagnosed in China
Bolivia: Weaving along the Desaguadero
Jul 04, 2016
Written by
Fearghal O’Nuallain
For geography teacher and adventurer Fearghal O’Nuallain, it took local knowledge and an acceptance of the unknown to make it along Bolivia’s 200-mile river in one piece
Turning Zimbabwe's printing press back on
Jul 02, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Zimbabwe prints more money, prompting fears of a return to the hyperinflation of the country’s past
Martine Croxall: journalist and BBC News broadcaster
Jun 20, 2016
Martine Croxall is a journalist, broadcaster and one of the main presenters for BBC News. She also hosts the channel’s The Papers programme and presents the RGS-IBG’s Discovering People evenings
Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia driving record levels of displacement
Jun 20, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced people in the world hits a new record high of 65.3 million people – with over half of global refugees coming from just three countries
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