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There's a reason exiles dreaded being packed off to Siberia. While retracing the path of a doomed 19th-century U.S. polar expedition in the Russian High Arctic, we encounter swarming mosquitoes, a few Kalashnikovs, an island lost in time, the burial site of ten brave men, and a haunting beauty like nothing we've ever seen.
It's not easy to swim with sperm whales: they're hard to find, hard to reach without adequate diving experience, and they just might swallow you up if you get too close. But how else are we going to crack their complicated language system? A group of rogue freedivers takes the plunge.
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On March 28th, 2014, the Morelos Dam on the Arizona/Mexico border was opened, and a "pulse flow" released—an experiment in ecological restoration. It worked: For the first time in 16 years, the Colorado River ran free all the way to the Sea of Cortez. Intending to paddle the river to its natural terminus, writer Rowan Jacobsen and photographer Pete McBride assembled a crew they dubbed "Team Delta Force." Their goal was to complete the first ever standup paddleboard (SUP) descent of the Colorado. This gallery highlights their historic journey, and you can read about the entire journey in 国产吃瓜黑料's July issue.
These images, from some of 国产吃瓜黑料's favorite photographers, will make you want to pack your bags and get lost in adventure.
That鈥檚 right. The future of adventure filmmaking lies in 360-degree video footage, at least according to a handful of ambitious inventors.
Cold-weather surfers are cut from a different cloth. Eager to travel north, these guys dodge icebergs between sets and aren't afraid to freeze for the perfect Arctic barrel. Photographer Chris Burkard has the heart of a cold-weather surfer but more impressively, the eye to capture these stunning Nordic scenes from places such as Iceland, Norway, and Russia.
Drop your jaws and pack your bags. 国产吃瓜黑料's best adventure photography of the year.
America’s Most Endangered Rivers, the 2014 list from American Rivers.
The Machete Project: Vanessa Ahlsborn Photography
A new breed of adventure-ready cameras make capturing your journeys easier than ever, no matter where you're headed.
What鈥檚 a niche adventure photographer to do when social media and technology create the perfect environment for copycats? In the case of North Shore wave photographer Clark Little, put down the coffee, assess the mayhem, and then dive right in.
Determined that Russia will put on the most lavish Winter Games in history, Vladimir Putin has spent $51 billion, quashed environmental critics, and turned one of Europe鈥檚 most beautiful natural regions into a construction zone.
A camera can capture things the human eye can't鈥攊ncluding star trails.
Photographer Todd McLellan destroyed some of his favorite old gear so he could take pictures of it. We called him up to find out why.
Photographer Chris Burkard chartered a Soviet military chopper and four-wheel-drive carrier truck, gathered six of his toughest friends, and set off on a two-week exploration of the remote, wild 780-mile-long Russian peninsula. Guess what he brought back?
At age 14, Zak Noyle took his first photo at a Hawaiian shore break. By 25, he was a senior staff photographer at Surfer. We checked in with him several accolades and awards later, on his 27th birthday.
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 premieres at Mountainfilm in Telluride this weekend, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld鈥檚 legendary first ascent of the formidable West Ridge. We check in with the filmmakers, David Morton and Jake Norton.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the Summer 2013 Buyer鈥檚 Guide, including the GoPro Hero3 Black Edition
Clark Little jumped back into the waves of Oahu's North Shore hoping to capture the kinds of images not many get to see. Now he gets tumbled by shorebreaks full time, all for the sake of a good photo.
Junger鈥檚 powerful new documentary about the life of war photographer Tim Hetherington shows us why dedicated journalists are needed now more than ever
I'm looking to upgrade my camera, but I don't want to lug around a heavy鈥攁nd pricey鈥擠SLR. What are my options?
Pilgrimage, a new book and traveling exhibition by one of the magazine world's most famous working photographers, was inspired by a close-to-home family vacation
I鈥檓 starting to get into slow-shutter photography and other artistic effects using my iPhone. What are the best tripods for keeping my phone completely still while taking pictures?
Food for thought, at La Montanita Co-op. All poems courtesy of Snow Poems Project, Santa Fe. It didn鈥檛 exactly come as a shocker: 2012 was the hottest and driest year on record. But winter isn鈥檛 dead yet. Literally or metaphorically. There鈥檚 fresh stuff under the boards…
聽 The finished product鈥攚ith super slow mo footage of thousands of pounds of falling water, the tap of falling raindrops, and kayakers winding through tight slots鈥攊s polished. But the nine-day filmmaking trip to Mexico was anything but smooth. Everything started when kayaker Erik Boomer and photographer Tim Kemple called filmmaker…
Christopher Michel tries out his new Nikon D800E in Myanmar
Thule makes great roof racks, bike and ski and boat mounts, rooftop boxes, and snow chains. It makes laptop and table bags that Apple likes so much that they're sold in the company's stores around the world. Thule's luggage is…
Last week, on a safari in聽South Africa鈥檚聽Kgalagadi聽(Kalahari)聽Transfrontier聽Park, I picked up my SLR with the long lens to photograph a lioness and her kill at a watering hole, and the strap simply fell off the camera. I got lucky鈥攎y $2,000-worth of electronics…
When it comes to holiday giving, you should never have to choose. This year, our editors have pulled together 68 perfect ideas鈥攑riced from $4 to $50,000鈥攇uaranteed to make anyone on your list feel like a million bucks.
Game for adventure: The Cairns-Locke girls cozy up in the Yukon. Photo: Peter Mather When I opened the latest Patagonia catalog and saw this picture by nature photographer Peter Mather, I was instantly filled with envy and awe. Lying on…
Fat bike slednecking: A sport is born. Photo: Ian Anderson This photo popped up on my Facebook feed last week. It was taken by Ian Anderson, an outdoor industry public relations professional, accomplished outdoor athlete, and father of two kids (ages two and five). Ian lives…
When astronaut Donald Pettit heads into space with his 10 cameras, his goal is to collect data about the earth and the stars. Often, his images end up as art. Anyone with a computer can download the photos he takes from the cupola鈥攖he glass turret…
If you feel like merely filming yourself when you鈥檙e going big isn鈥檛 enough, or maybe that you'd like to be the star of your very own Truman Show, check out Memoto鈥檚 007-style camera, which constantly records your life with…
This week Raising Rippers is launching a new feature. It鈥檚 called Picture of the Week and every week鈥攐r as often as we鈥檙e inspired鈥攚e鈥檒l post a particularly riveting or rad photo about adventuring with kids and give you the backstory behind the shot. What were they thinking? How'd they…
Each year, the American Kennel Club (AKC) takes a look at their registration statistics to see which types of dogs Americans love best. Their list of most popular dogs in the U.S. for 2012 contained few surprises, with popular breeds like the Poodle and Beagle remaining favorites. But there was one telling pattern: 鈥淏igger breeds are making their move,鈥 said Lisa Peterson, a spokesperson for the AKC. The sturdy and family-friendly Bulldog, Golden Retriever, and Rottweiler moved up in the list this year, showing that many Americans are starting to see big breeds as 鈥渕ore dog to love.鈥 Read on to see which breeds made the list鈥攁nd which dog claimed the title of America鈥檚 most popular.
Man's best friend doesn't always come free. In fact, some are willing to pay in the thousands for certain types of dogs, even breeds that are fairly easy to obtain. Though costs will vary based on location and breeder, these 10 breeds often have the highest average price tag.
On May 30, 2012, at 3:00 P.M. MST, a series of thunderstorms formed over central and south central Kansas. They dropped golf ball-sized hail before lining up into a dark vanguard that barraged the countryside ahead with 70 mile…
After nearly two years of planning, meetings and refining the Riverview Project, the team at Below the Surface is ready for its most epic road trip yet鈥攖he Exploring with a Purpose East Coast tour. Over six weeks, your Readers of the Year will be driving from San…
M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy. Photo: The Royal Observatory Photographer of the Year/Martin Pugh Australian Martin Pugh nabbed the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 award from…
“Frozen.” Photo: Mark Tipple, The Underwater Project There's a lot about Australian Mark Tipple's career as a photographer that appears backwards. Take, for example, his beginnings. The…
Most of us have ditched our point-and-shoot cameras and we're taking photos with our phones. iPhone cameras are pretty darn good, and by using a phone as your camera, you carry one device and you can…
Fly-by drinking. Photo: Ofer Levy/Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 With a wing span of up to five feet, the grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat…
Daron Rahlves just outside of Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Mark Fisher, Fisher Creative/Facebook Anyone familiar with the Exposure section of 国产吃瓜黑料 will instantly recognize the name…
Not long after Usain Bolt won gold in the 200m, he grabbed the camera of photographer Jimmy Wextr枚m and started snapping pictures. The video above shows him in action, and at least one paper's photography editor has…
There are more iPhone accessories on the market than we can count, but we've weeded through some of the newest ones and found three that you'll want to add to your quiver. KOGETO DOT Do you wish you had seen the backside view on your last sky dive? The…
On May 13, 2011, two months after a tsunami had devastated the coast of Japan, professional photographic retoucher Becci Manson headed to the country to volunteer. She traveled there with All Hands to help with the clean up,…
Every Olympic year, a slew of newspapers, magazines, and websites put out photos of scantily clad or completely nude Olympians. 国产吃瓜黑料 did it this year with pictures of Lolo Jones by Robert Maxwell and Trey Hardee by…
Surfing the Canary Islands. Photo: Guillermo Cervera Guillermo Cervera first fell in love with photography when he discovered a box of Playboys his father brought home from the United States. 鈥淭hey were beautiful color pictures, and…
Want to look at maps on your tablet instead of your phone so that they're bigger and easier to comprehend? Trimble Outdoors just released its MyTopo Maps app for the Kindle Fire and other Android-powered tablets. Now you can plot your next outdoor adventure on the big…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G42B4uq12cM Recently, Red Bull profiled Hawaii-based surf photographer Zak Noyle in a two-part, 24-minute show called Momentum. Noyle is one of those photographers you see ducking under big waves just after getting shots of surfers flying through barrels. In the…
3rd Place: Meandering Mississippi Landsat 7 Acquired 5/28/2003, Small, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River, the largest river system in North America. Countless oxbow lakes and cutoffs accompany the meandering river south of Memphis, Tennessee,…
Originally published 9/9/2009 国产吃瓜黑料's photo editor聽Amy Silverman聽has kept a book by her computer for a month or so now called The California Surf Project. More than once when I've been down in her office I've thumbed through it. Each time I find a…
In September of 2009, I interviewed photographer Chris Burkard about his photo book, The California Surf Project. Burkard set off on a 50-day road trip to capture the California surf scene with…
Give money to your favorite environment-protecting non-profit without spending a dime. Clif Bar is inviting outdoor enthusiasts to protect the places we play by sharing photos and stories of our adventures on聽MeettheMoment.com. (Clif Bar's Meet the Moment is also sponsoring 国产吃瓜黑料's So There…
Since the winter of 2004, visitors to Les Arcs ski resort in the French Alps have woken up to find sprawling snow patterns that have a strange resemblance to crop circles. The prints stretch across otherwise untrammelled hillsides and the depressions left by frozen lakes.
A couple of years ago, 国产吃瓜黑料 put up an online poll asking people to vote for their favorite photographer. The results weren't even close. Jimmy Chin blew everyone else out of the water. It's easy…
Kuntaur Wharf. Photo: Jason Florio Not many people in the United States know much about The Gambia. It鈥檚 a sliver of a country tucked into the northwestern rump of the continent of Africa. It cuts into Senegal at the Atlantic coast…
Ring A Fing. Photo: Albert Lewis When Albert Lewis saw the faces of the dogs waiting to start the 2012 Iditarod in Anchorage, Alaska, his thoughts about the sport of dogsledding shifted. 鈥淚…
Hui Yu Kim, “Boating Fun” (Atkins鈥 Young Environmental Photographer of the Year: Under 16 Highly Commended) Don't let the incredibly long and clunky name turn you off: The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management's annual…
Probably the most talked about moment at the Olympic trials so far has been the dead heat finish declared in the women's 100m final last Saturday. Allyson Felix…
Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), Athens. Photo: Courtesy of The Olympic City As London prepares to host the…