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 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
Griffin in turn filed a defamation suit, claiming the woman’s account was wholly false and lambasting the New York Times’ reporting as a “fishing expedition aimed at smearing” her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The expedition also revealed a major problem with searching for giant trees from the ground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sitting next to him on the bench was a young man bundled up in a coat more appropriate for an Arctic expedition than a mild November morning in New York City.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Many people picture major paleontological discoveries happening during expeditions in remote landscapes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
A recent study of "swim with wildlife" expeditions, external found influencers and photographers were the most likely to ignore safety instructions.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
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
Our tiny camp, a hundred feet above the tents of the other expeditions, was a spectacularly exposed perch.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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