Exploration

Eco-Innovation

OceanX: What is this billionaire-backed ship doing in the deep?

A state of the art ship is on a mission to “explore the ocean and bring it back to the world”. How valuable is this deep sea philanthropy?

11/02/2024

Climate

How climate change is hampering discoveries from a doomed ship

Severe storms are another twist in the horrifying tale of these British ships wrecked in the Canadian Arctic nearly 180 years ago.

30/01/2024

Culture news

Culture Re-View: How tragedy overshadowed the race to the South Pole

14 December 1911: Roald Amundsen wins the race to the South Pole

14/12/2023

Sweden

Sweden's Arctic Circle launchpad

A remote rocket launchpad in northern Sweden is aiming to be the first in continental Europe to carry satellites into orbit.

12/12/2022

Experiences

European digital nomad destinations that will pay you to move there

Digital nomad on the move in Europe? Here are the places in Europe that will reimburse you to live there.

26/08/2021

Nature

Scientists accidentally discover life 900m under Antarctic ice

A team of geologists were surprised to find marine creatures clinging to a boulder in complete darkness.

15/02/2021

Experiences

The best nature experiences along Europe’s iconic waterways

From the Danube to the Douro, here are the most interesting sights along Europe's river network.

02/01/2021

Destinations

Mythical grottos: The most famous caves in Greece

Your go-to guide to some stunning Greek caves and the lakes that lie within them.

18/12/2020

Turkey

Turkish ship at centre of Greece drilling row returns to Mediterranean

The move is likely to reignite tensions with Greece over the sovereignty of waters in the eastern Mediterranean and ownership of natural resources.

12/10/2020

World

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes tells his favourite tales from the Middle East

Born in England in 1944, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been named the “world’s greatest living explorer,” by the Guinness Book of Records.

20/03/2020

Green News

How Justin Bieber shut down an Icelandic beauty spot

The Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon in Iceland has been closed to the public after hordes of visitors flocked to the site.

29/05/2019

World News

Bristol and Zurich top European study into use of hard drugs

High traces of cocaine and ecstacy found in the cities' wastewater

17/03/2019

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Indian Ocean exploration mission makes historic broadcast

A British-led scientific mission to document changes taking place beneath the Indian Ocean broadcast its first live, television-quality video images from a two-person submersible early Tuesday.

12/03/2019

World News

Scientists reach last-known location of Shackleton's lost ship

The Endurance, captained by legendary polar explorer Ernest Shakleton, sank more than 100 years ago in Antarctica.

11/02/2019

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Watch : Rare 'Dumbo' octopus seen in California deep-sea dive

A rare 'Dumbo' octopus was spotted by scientists during a deep-sea research dive done by their unmanned robotic submersible off the coast of California.

01/11/2018

World News

Meet the man behind 2001: A Space Odyssey's visual effects

50 years on, one of the key players behind the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey has rewatched his visual effects work alongside an audience of 2,000 people in the French city of Lyon.

19/10/2018

World News

Watch: Wild emperor penguins take selfies with explorer's camera

Two curious emperor penguins in Antarctica can be seen knocking over a camera and filming themselves in footage from the Australian Antarctic Division.

08/03/2018

World News

Record-breaking explorers answer your questions on the Arctic Mission

Marine biologist Tim Gordon and sailor Erik de Jong answer your questions on the Arctic Mission.

12/09/2017

United Kingdom

This Scottish duo plans to literally walk around the world

On the morning of Tuesday, March 7 29-year-old Paul Whatley and his dog Brett left their home town of Dunbar in Scotland to engage in the adventure of a lifetime: walking around the…

30/05/2017

World News

EU Parliament rejects total ban on Arctic oil drilling

European Parliament lawmakers voted against a non-binding motion to prohibit oil and gas exploration in the Arctic

17/03/2017