expedition
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Ash says the world is not ready for a "truly live expedition"
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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
Egged on by demagogues, Thucydides narrates, Athens embarked on a war of choice—the Sicilian expedition, the disastrous failure of which contributed to Athens’s eventual defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Finding Amelia Earhart's Electra aircraft would be the discovery of a lifetime," Richard Pettigrew, head of the ALI and the expedition lead, said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
At first, Roosevelt was against the idea of Kermit joining such a dangerous expedition.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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
The Professor Molchanov, a ship that had been traversing Arctic waters on scientific expeditions for more than four decades, offered a workaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The snails were discovered during expeditions organized by Taxon Expeditions, an initiative that allows members of the public to take part in genuine scientific fieldwork.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 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
In the weeks before the dinner I went on several urban scouting expeditions.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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