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The author has recently returned from his Antarctic Expedition and penned this article reflecting on his executive leadership ...

Roland Huntford, who has died aged 98, set out to debunk the heroic myth of Captain Robert Scott in a 1979 book that accused ...

Captain John King Davis was one of Australia's greatest Antarctic explorers, but for decades, his final resting place was an unmarked grave in Melbourne. Today, that will change.

He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South ...

The world’s only luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, was officially welcomed to Hobart last night by Ponant APAC CEO ...

Lorraine Kelly has revealed how she managed to woo her husband Steve Smith as she insisted he initially wasn't interested in her romantically.

Harry McNish will be honoured at ceremony in Dún Laoghaire today Endurance crew members launching the James Caird lifeboat in 1916. Photos: Getty A group of Irish explorers plan to ­correct what has ...

Edinburgh adventurer Alice Morrison awarded RSGS Honorary Fellowship after becoming first to walk full length of Saudi Arabia ...

In 1493, while on his return journey to Europe, Christopher Columbus wrote an open letter of his discoveries on his voyage to ...

Tony Pigott, who has died of a heart attack aged 67, was a county cricketer and one-Test wonder who made his biggest mark on ...

Our Class of the Week, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) class from Gislingham Church of England Primary School, has ...