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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /




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"DNA identifications of three 1845 Franklin expedition sailors from HMS Erebus" appears in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

During the expedition, the participants go about their tasks diligently.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Pereira, DeVogelaere and the other researchers gathered samples and data that will probably keep them busy for months, and left instruments that will collect data until they return during a future expedition to collect them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Even so, the singer maintains an easy-peasy, fountain-of-positivity attitude, a surfer perma-stoked about his next expedition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Among the most innovative of these new tools is a small underwater robot also officially named Deep Trekker but given the name “Neptune” in honor of the dog that accompanied the Franklin expedition.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The UN may also turn to Nepal's porters, accustomed to carrying heavy loads through some of the world's toughest mountain terrain during trekking and climbing expeditions.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

“I feel a sense of crisis,” Kamada said in an interview, his office a few hundred yards from the docks where fishing boats and whale-watching expeditions put out to sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Many people picture major paleontological discoveries happening during expeditions in remote landscapes.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Because of how remote Pakistan's mountains are, it is far more challenging to organise expeditions there – a feat that only the best guides undertake, Sherpas tell the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

At the head of Miller Bay, beyond the mud flats, lived Captain Jonathan Soderland, who’d plied his decrepit windjammer, the C. S. Murphy, to the Arctic each year on trading expeditions.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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