expedition
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On Aug. 10, 1893, three men set out on a hunting expedition across the Ardlamont Estate, on the west coast of Scotland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The movie ends with a title card explaining how, after the 1953 expedition, Norgay never felt the need to summit Everest again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Interest in the expedition prompted New Zealand's Air Force Museum to publish, external previously unseen reconnaissance images of Nikumaroro on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Similarly, an expedition in 2019 to investigate a photograph of what might have been landing gear protruding from the water near Nikumaroro also failed to find anything.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Two days after arriving, Washington went on a shopping expedition.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Ash Dykes, 35, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, holds five world records but his most recent quest was the first of six back-to-back expeditions he will take on in extreme environments.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
We spent the next couple of days based in Ísafjörður, the Westfjords’ de facto capital, where my friend Anula Jochym lives part of the year while guiding multiday wilderness expeditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Schmidt Ocean Institute supported the expeditions, along with a National Geographic Society research grant.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Friends and family describe Wolfe as a force of nature, often dressed in camouflage shorts and ready with stories of his travels, fishing expeditions and the objects surrounding him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“I went ice climbing for the first time the other day,” Deysel offered enthusiastically, gesturing toward a nearby serac where climbers from several expeditions had been practicing their ice craft.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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