Expedition

The TURANOR PlanetSolar, passing through Tahiti earlier on its voyage

Marine

World's largest solar-powered boat completes its trip around the world

The world's largest solar-powered boat, the TURANOR PlanetSolar, completed its circumnavigation of the earth today.

Marine

AUVs, ROVs key to bringing back new Titanic images and data

A look at the technology behind the Titanic photography expedition.

The Plastiki is made almost entirely from recycled and/or recyclable plastic

Marine

Plastiki: sailing the seven seas on a boat made from 12,500 plastic bottles

The Plastiki is a sailboat made almost entirely from recycled and/or recyclable plastic, getting the majority of its flotation from 12,500 two-liter plastic bottles.

Earthwatch's "Climate Change in Tropical Rainforests" expedition (Photo: Zoe Gamble)

Holiday Destinations

Earthwatch expeditions - 40 years of 'citizen science'

The Earthwatch Institute allows volunteers to help scientists with their environmental research projects.

For a holiday with a lot of difference, Arctic Trucks gets you among the action in Iceland.

Holiday Destinations

Arctic Trucks - 4WD adventures on the Icelandic Tundra

Iceland offers some of the most extreme and picturesque off-road driving in the world - and Arctic Trucks has a fleet of heavily-modified Toyota 4WD vehicles to get you there.

History

Logbook from the famous 1872-1876 journey of HMS Challenger goes to auction

A logbook from the 1872-1876 journey of HMS Challenger is to go to auction. Challenger was tasked with constructing a fossil record that would test the then new theory of evolution and became inextricably linked with the God vs. Science debate.