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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /




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Though six men from the expedition reached the summit, journalists put the spotlight on Whittaker as the first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He was chosen for the expedition by its leader, Swiss mountaineer Norman Dyhrenfurth, because of his experience in climbing under icy conditions, including numerous summits of Mt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

A 1972 shot sees two couples on a bird-watching expedition with binoculars held to their eyes, appearing owlish themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

When he set off on his most recent expedition from Middlesbrough to Benidorm in August last year, he told the BBC the charity had raised £28,000.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

He even had the commercial smarts to form a film syndicate, based on the fame of his expedition photographer, an Australian named Frank Hurley.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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