Anthropologist who during the 1970's, lived in Papua New Guinea studying The Abelam people, their ceremonies and religious beliefs. She also worked for the Papua New Guinea government collecting artefacts for the country's museums
Born In Singapore, English Female Socialite, International Adventurer And Activist, Who Came To Prominence After Climbing The Summit Of Mount Everest On 15 May 2004, Making Her The Fourth British Woman To Do So. Awarded OBE in 2006
American Male Sled Dog Racer, Kennel Owner And Motivational Speaker - Yukon Quest Dog Sled Race Winner (1999). Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Runner Up (2002 And 2003). Henry Haln 200 Winner (1996)
English mountaineer who made many significant ascents in the Alps in the 1950's. In 1955, he was part of the team who made the first ascent of the third highest mountain in the world, Kangchenjunga in the in the Nepalese Himalaya
National Geographic Fellow and NYT-bestselling author. Co-produced an Emmy Award-winning documentary & holds three Guinness records for endurance cycling. He is an explorer, speaker, business founder & was in a relationship w/ Cheryl Tiegs
English Female Author And Long Distance Walker - Novel - 'Ffyona Campbell - On Foot Through Africa' (1994), 'Whole Story a Walk Around The World' (1996), 'Feet of Clay: Her Epic Walk Across Australia'(1991), 'The Beat Of A Different Drum'(2017)
English Female Explorer, Adventurer, Author, And Motivational Speaker - Novel - 'Snow, Sleds \And Silence: The Story Of The Nordkapp Expedition' (2012), 'A Challenge Too Far?' (2003)
Polish Former Female Sailor And Naval Engineer. First Woman To Sail Solo Around The World. She Sailed From The Canary Islands On 28 March 1976, And Returned 21 April 1978, Completing A Circumnavigation Of 31,166 Nautical Miles (57,719 km) In 401 days
Last survivor of a group of four teenage boys who discovered the Cave of Lascaux in 1940. Simon Emmanuel Coencas, born January 28, 1927 in Saint - Denis, France
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. Co-invented the Aqua-Lung. Hosted the tv show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Created the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life. Father of Jean-Michel Cousteau
French Egyptologist and scientist who published a theory stating that the stones of the Great Pyramid where not carved stone but mostly a form of limestone concrete
'Norman G. Dyhrenfurth (born May 7, 1918) is a Swiss-American mountaineer and film maker. He was the leader of the successful American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963, which placed six climbers on the summit.'
Author/Essayist. Daughter of Refugees. Immigrant. Scientist. Cook. Immigration-Journeys Explorer. Conversation-Maker. Extroverted-Introvert (also, socially-awkward). Roots in New Delhi and San Diego
South African SCUBA diver, holder of the Guinness World Record deep dive. He is also a renowned cave diver and holds the current world record for the deepest cave dive, done in Boesmansgat cave ,South Africa in 1996
Member of the successful British team which made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, he was in charge of stills photography. Now lives in Australia
British born marine engineer and submarine designer.He also designed the one-man microsubmersible Mantis, which he himself piloted in the James Bond film 'For Your Eyes Only'. As late as 2007, he held the world solo dive record of 3,000 feet (910 m)
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
(1875-1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. King Albert was killed in a mountaineering accident in eastern Belgium in 1934, at the age of 58, and he was succeeded by his son Leopold
American technical wreck diver and shipwreck historian who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks since 1980. Together with John Chatterton, Kohler was a co-hosts of the television series Deep Sea Detectives on the History Channel
Turkish Air Force Lieutenant, best known for his 1960 aerial photograph of an outline of a ship on the peak of Mount Ararat, which is thought to be the site of Noah's Ark
French geophysicist, born 1937. Plate tectonics expert. A lead investigator on the Project Famous study of the Atlantic Ocean basin in the 1970s, where the N. American and European plates are pushed apart by new magma
Last surviving witness to 'The Sutton Hoo excavation' in 1939, considered to be one of the most important excavation's made in British archaeological history. She lives in Chester, UK and is now 84 years old
1 of 3 People who in 2006 went on expedition to the river Nile to find its Source (where it really starts) and found it and becouse of this the river Nile became the longest river in the world
1 of 3 People who in 2006 went on expedition to the river Nile to find its Source (where it really starts) and found it and becouse of this the river Nile became the longest river in the world
1 of 3 People who in 2006 went on expedition to the river Nile to find its Source (where it really starts) and found it and becouse of this the river Nile became the longest river in the world
American mountaineer, author and artist from Burley, Washington. He is best known as the author of The Challenge of Rainier, first published in 1971 and considered the definitive work on the climbing history of Mount Rainier
Simon Murray, CBE (born 25 March 1940) is a Hong Kong - based British businessman, adventurer, author, and former French Foreign Legionnaire. He was the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported, at the age of 63
Mountain climber who holds numerous world records. Fastest to climb all 14 'eight-thousander' mountains in the world, Ascended Everest, Lhotse and Makalu in 48 hours, was the first to do a winter ascent of K2
Retired rocket engineer, hired to work with Von Braun's team in 1958. Worked on the recently launched Explorer I satellite project, and then a career at NASA, with contributions to the Apollo and Skylab missions
WWII: Battles of Midway, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Tinian. NASA: Explorer I (first US satellite 1958), Alan Shepard (Mercury-Redstone 3), Chief Engineer/Deputy Director for Apollo Space Program, Skylab, director Launch Operations Apollo-Soyuz '75
Explorer/Byrd: geographic, air reconnaissance and photogrammetric officer to Admiral Byrd on two antarctic expeditions and served as Byrd's scientific advisor
British born TV presenter and Antarctic explorer. He is also an experienced and popular public speaker, science support and field logistics expert, polar guide, professional diver and instructor, mountaineer and yacht skipper
English archaeologist best known for her studies of The Yeti aka The Abominable Snowman and The Almas, the wild man of Mongolia. Now lives in North Yorkshire, England
The oldest of the four surviving Sherpas from the 1953 Everest Expedition. He is now 90+ and lives in Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal
Last surviving Sherpa from the 1953 Everest Expedition. He is now 82 and lives in Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Also known as Fura Kancha Sherpa
Professional mountain guide since 1973 & has personally conducted over 100 major expeditions around the globe, including over 30 to Himalayas. Recognized internationally as one of the world's premiere mountaineering expedition leaders
Pioneer in underwater archaeology (Born: 1947) who studies shipwrecks and sunken treasure. He is also a published author. He was twelve years old when he found his first five shipwrecks. He discovered the SS Georgiana in 1965
Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar, Biblical people, also bring gifts during the Holidays to children in Latin America and Spain (on January 6th every year), akin to Santa Claus in those areas
Last survivor of the SS Chelyuskin disaster. A Soviet steamship reinforced to navigate through polar ice that became ice-bound in Arctic waters during navigation along the Northern Maritime Route from Murmansk to Vladivostok. He is now 87
Member of the famed U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition, often referred to as Rear Admiral Richard Byrd's third Antarctic Expedition. He is now 98 and lives in Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York, USA. Born: 1915
One of the last surviving member's of the 1953 Everest Expedition. He is now 87 and lives in Cumbria, UK with his wife, Sally. He and George Lowe are now the only two surviving members of the 1953 Everest Expedition
Cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico