expedition
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One researcher tells Ms. Rush how much he’ll miss Antarctica after the expedition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The country also has three icebreakers and a support vessel currently on a monthslong scientific expedition north of Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the 10-member international expedition led by 43-year-old British-Nepali climber Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world's highest mountains.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The expedition also revealed a major problem with searching for giant trees from the ground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The drivers were: James McIlroy and Alexander Macklin, the two doctors; Frank Hurley, the photographer; Frank Wild, Shackleton’s loyal second-in-command; Tom Crean, the Antarctic veteran; and George Marston, the expedition artist.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
He gained a reputation for courage bordering on recklessness, ever-present in frontline trenches and personally leading expeditions to clear mines.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Hattermann himself has spent hundreds of days living and working on Antarctic ice shelves during research expeditions.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
The land wasn’t empty, and Native American tribes fought fiercely to defend it in alliance with the British, leading Washington to dispatch multiple punitive expeditions to subdue them and exert American control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
On one of our scouting expeditions, we accidentally came upon a village.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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