Justin Lichter- Final Himalaya Trip Update

Justin Lichter- Final Himalaya Trip Update

I finished hiking through India, to the Pakistan border a few days ago. I got to the town of Kargil, right near the India/Pakistan border. The border is also known as the Line of Control since it is an always changing point of contention. The areas near the border are...
Roz Savage- June 29

Roz Savage- June 29

Day 57: Got Eggs?Late this afternoon I was pulling in the sea anchor, and got quite a surprise. Last year on the Pacific the sea anchor drew in a very exciting visit from a baby whale shark, evidently fascinated by the big red-and-yellow jellyfish-like thing. The...

Roz Savage June 24 Update

Day 52: The Most Remote Human Being On EarthTonight I was out on the deck of my boat a couple of hours after nightfall, brushing my teeth. As I looked up at the Milky Way and around me at the dark ocean, the thought occurred to me that I could quite possibly be the...
Life on Ice

Life on Ice

Coming up this fall – a family of adventurer-scientists treks the edge of Malaspina Glacier.What would it be like to live on ice? In the fall of 2011 we will set out to spend two months living on the shifting, melting surface of North America’s largest...