Perhaps, it’s not surprising that Stefansson, with his Icelandic ancestry, was drawn to the north. He became famous for spending two decades on Arctic expeditions from 1904 to 1924.

Arctic explorer and adventurer Mark Wood joins WIRED to answer the internet's ice cold ... I was still sticking my head out the tent. like a mere cat and looking around. and making sure that ...

In March 1907, famed Arctic explorer Cmdr. Robert E. Peary visited the Alle-Kiski Valley to give a lecture about his attempts to be the first to reach the North Pole. Dr. John W. Goodsell was a ...

Explorer’s Canadian Arctic expedition goes awry due to thin ice 05:02. GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Adventurer Pascale Marceau splits time between Canada, in Minnesota, and a tent in the middle of ...

Before he was a famous Arctic explorer, he got kicked out of UND for helping football players cheat Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a quirky, colorful prankster and a brilliant international explorer ...