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Entrepreneur Settles Dispute with Santa Clause by walking to the Geographic North Pole on the Arctic High 90° North Pole Expedition. Vandaele will be acquiring the coveted Last Degree badge from foursquare in celebration of foursquare day.

Himalayan Ascent, one of the popular trekking and expedition companies in Nepal have taken their expedition team to the summit of Lobuche.

Asian Trekking’s expedition teams have reached Mount Shishapangma.The expedition team was headed by Mr. Pasang Sherpa, a veteran climber. The team comprised of two Spanish Climbers.

Fieldskills has just been confirmed as the North West's first approved training provider for the Institute of Outdoor Learning (IOL). This recognises Fieldskills’ role as one of the outdoor industry’s leading training providers.

Later this month Fieldskills is running a fun and informative weekend course for people who want to build their confidence and skills in leading outdoor activity trips and expeditions.

Fieldskills (the Expedition Experts with bases in Ulverston, Cumbria, and Borneo) have just announced a fantastic prize draw offer for two free places on one of their expeditions - an action-packed taste of jungle expedition life this September.

A UK based expedition outfitter has announced plans to make one of the first commercial crossings of Europe’s largest glacier, the famous Vatnajokull ice cap in Iceland.

Entrepreneur Settles Dispute with Santa Clause by walking to the Geographic North Pole on the Arctic High 90° North Pole Expedition. Vandaele will be acquiring the coveted Last Degree badge from foursquare in celebration of foursquare day.

Himalayan Ascent, one of the popular trekking and expedition companies in Nepal have taken their expedition team to the summit of Lobuche.

The Flight4Life project has passed what team leader Mark Jennings-Bates believes was the crux of the trip and is soon to be headed through the Nullarbor desert for Western Australia which has recorded it’s hottest temperatures in history.

This book explores the Andrea Doria and extreme diving through an introspective odyssey of memory and history back to the dangerous underwater world of Northeast shipwrecks.

Having been inspired by a local charity, a keen climber from Aberdeen has pledged to undertake the challenge of a lifetime.

A group of engineers from Aberdeen have been inspired to undertake a massive challenge in support of local Aberdeen charity Inspire and The Make a Wish Foundation.

Longtime guided sea-kayaking company Tofino Expeditions has introduced a multi-day trip in Brazil for stand-up paddleboards. The trip is the first of its kind.

Asian Trekking’s expedition teams have reached Mount Shishapangma.The expedition team was headed by Mr. Pasang Sherpa, a veteran climber. The team comprised of two Spanish Climbers.

Expeditions from professional guide service Polar Explorers will travel across the ice to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Amundsen Expedition, which was the first to reach the South Pole.

Turk and Boomer are the only kayaking representatives in the 2012 honoree group, among a talented field of skiers, mountaineers, surfers and other athletically-minded adventurers.

Fieldskills has just been confirmed as the North West's first approved training provider for the Institute of Outdoor Learning (IOL). This recognises Fieldskills’ role as one of the outdoor industry’s leading training providers.

On October 25th Dave Amy Freeman completed a 2,300 mile paddle from Fort Resolution, NWT to Grand Portage, MN. So far they have traveled 6,000 miles by kayak, canoe, and dogsled across North America.

Later this month Fieldskills is running a fun and informative weekend course for people who want to build their confidence and skills in leading outdoor activity trips and expeditions.

Fieldskills is offering 2 free places on its amazing weekend expedition in a remote corner of the Lake District in September 2011. Enter before the 1 September for your chance to win this unique prize!

In June a MTB team from the UK, Australia and Borneo completed a unique 5-day challenge to circumnavigate Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in S E Asia. Using machetes, they cut a path through the jungle to make the impassable passable.

Sadly a number of events in recent years have shown there where we experience tragic losses of life of travellers and young people overseas it often relates to road traffic incidents. An innovative new safety course looks at how to manage this.

Tech and Tradition Open Up Remote Arctic

Fieldskills (the Expedition Experts with bases in Ulverston, Cumbria, and Borneo) have just announced a fantastic prize draw offer for two free places on one of their expeditions - an action-packed taste of jungle expedition life this September.

Helfman Ford offers the best deal on Ford Expedition in Houston and Sugar Land Texas.

What happened when one group of intrepid individuals left home comforts behind to join Fieldskills' expedition expert, Dom Hall, to build a jungle-style camp in a remote corner of the Lake District ...

New and Exclusive Wildlife Voyage to South Georgia is set to explore encounter some of the the most prolific wildlife and most dramatic landscapes of the Southern ocean, whilst retracing the footsteps of legendary polar explorer Ernst Shackleton.

On a unique trekking experience, Bedouin guides and their camels will take you across the El Gibi plateau, through the ancient ruins of the Nawamis to the oasis of Ein Hodra, as you discover a way of life that is unchanged since the Old Testament.

This extreme alternative to the UK's three peaks challenge offers the chance join a small expedition and climb the three highest peaks in Borneo - a first as far as we know. This will involve jungle trekking to remote and spectacular locations.

Experience all the thrills of an expedition from the comfort of your weekend! Machetes, hammocks, camp fires, GPS, crossing wild rivers and more in a remote corner of the Lake District..

New for 2011 - an extremely rarely attempted mountain bike challenge in the jungle of Borneo, with international expedition company, Fieldskills. The chance to try something unique, challenging and a very long way from the beaten track.

Fieldskills Ltd, an international expedition company with a UK and Borneo base, has come up with an extreme alternative to the UK’s three peaks event, the Sabah three peak jungle challenge .

An international expedition company, better known for adventure training and providing rigging support to camera crews filming in the wilds of Borneo has a quick fix for adrenaline seeking expedition junkies closer to home, the Lake District.

Sea Kayaker to paddle entire west coast of Scotland to Outer Hebrides

Overland Journal, the publication for environmentally responsible, worldwide vehicle-supported expedition and adventure travel, is announcing the change in executive role for Jonathan Hanson from Executive Editor to Executive Field Editor.

Source 44’s scientific staff verified that Viesturs and his eight-person team, which reached the summit of Antarctica’s Mt. Vinson on January 10, has become the first to ever scale that continent’s largest mountain in a carbon-neutral fashion.

Aurora Expeditions is offering adventurers the opportunity to travel back in time and assist in the collection of an incredibly rare 5 kilogram meteorite on its upcoming Weddell Sea voyage to Antarctica this month.

Tale of Two Newfoundlands, Two Hundred Years Apart

Paddlers embark on mission to kayak last major un-run tributary in the Amazon

Don Bowie will present multimedia show on expeditions to Northern Pakistan’s Karakoram Range at REI flagship store in Seattle Sept. 23.

Sunset Ford is now Peoria Ford, the West Valley's Premier Ford Dealership!

Mr. Anatoly Gendin Aleksandrovich, the Director of Locator Press Agency (Food, Wine & Travel) with his team, Ms. Irina Klimenko, Photographer and Mr. Victor Khabarov Nikolaevich, Photographer experienced a traditional Balinese Cooking lesson.

Kokatat Team Member Bryan Smith Leads the expedition to conserve one of the wildest place on earth

Deals on "unique" adventures and excursions in Dominican Republic

Fieldskills brings a fresh take on Outdoor First Aid training in Cumbria, using its roots planted in steaming jungles and adventurous expeditions worldwide to bring fun, hands-on and practical training to all.

This year Fieldskills’ desert safety course will be run by legendary desert explorer and expedition leader Sam McConnell, who has just led his 101st desert expedition in Sinai.

Adventurer and TV personality Bear Grylls visited the RIBEX show at Cowes on May 7 as part of the build-up for his next expedition.

Modern Outpost has expanded its solar product lines in support of its core business of portable power systems design. With new products from leading manufacturers, Modern Outpost is able to better meet the needs of both serious expeditions & campers.

Kokatat sponsors a land and sea expedition covering never-before navigated sections of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Three Bay Area runners will race as “Team Good For Kids” in a 7-day expedition length stage race in Western Australia. Team Good For Kids will be racing to support San Francisco’s Good For Kids Foundation.

Reef Check announced it will be running a 2nd EcoExpedition to Natividad this July, where recreational divers will have the opportunity to dive inside the thriving, and normally off limits, marine reserves of the island.

Making a medical house call in the Amazon jungle can be a harrowing adventure. Volunteer physicians and nurses are doing just that in some of the most remote areas on earth in Peru. You're invited to bring your viewers on board our hospital boats.

Next August rafters can for the first time paddle the remote and stunning West Magpie River, a tributary of the renowned Lower Magpie.

Reena Kaushal Dharmashakthu is the 1st Indian woman to Ski to the South Pole at the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition. Reena returned to India on 15th January 2010.

Combine Tour d’Afrique’s New Cycling Adventure Along Europe’s Ancient Amber Trade Route from St. Petersburg to Venice with the Company’s Silk Route Tour from Istanbul to Samarkand for an epic adventure with a significant savings