One of the most common questions explorers face is: "Why?"WHY do you explore?WHY is exploration important?WHY do human beings have a history of exploration?Perhaps it…
It has been exactly 10 years since I fulfilled a childhood dream of visiting Antarctica. As an Antarctic Studies student at the University of Canterbury,…
Storytelling and the ability to share one’s expeditions and discoveries are key elements to exploration. During the expeditions of early explorers, like Columbus and James…
As a Blue Marble Exploration Student Explorer, Rebecca combines her lifelong enthusiasm for “the big blue” with the formal study of the world beneath the…
Astronaut.Physician.Mountaineer.Pilot.Diver.All of these titles apply to Scott Parazynski. As a Blue Marble Exploration Explorer-in-Residence, Scott keeps us thinking about the diverse challenges humans face in…
Since Blue Marble Exploration focuses exclusively on "extreme environments", we are often asked "why?".There are many answers, but the bottom line is that putting humans…