Want to Be a Deep Sea Explorer? Don’t Worry, There’s Lots Left.

Humans have visually documented about 1,470 square miles, or a mere 0.001 percent, of the deep seafloor, according to a new study. That’s a little larger than the size of Rhode Island. The report, published Wednesday in the journal Science…

Helen Schreider, Intrepid World Traveler, Is Dead at 98

At its founding in 1904, the international Explorers Club stated clearly that membership was “limited absolutely to men,” a fraternity of the hearty who blazed new routes through “the open and the wild places of the earth.” Inductees include Roald…