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Kieran Mulvaney

Kieran Mulvaney is the author of At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions, and The Great White Bear: A Natural & Unnatural History of the Polar Bear. He has also covered boxing for ESPN, Reuters, Showtime and HBO.

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4 Key Moments That Forced Americans to Confront Climate Change

Over the course of a few decades, a number of jarring events in the U.S. have highlighted major consequences of climate change.

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The Endurance appears to have sunk keel-first, with the bow first impacting the Weddell Sea floor.

Why More and More Shipwrecks Are Being Discovered

Tens of thousands of shipwrecks lie lost and forgotten on the sea floor—but efforts to locate and explore them have seen great advances.

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The 1921 Wrangel Island Expedition team: Ada Blackjack, Allan Crawford, Lorne Knight, Fred Maurer, Milton Galle, and Victoria the cat.; 1921.

The Inuit Woman Who Survived Alone on an Arctic Island After a Disastrous Expedition

In the early 1920s, 25-year-old Ada Blackjack survived two years on the frigid Wrangel Island after a failed expedition to claim the island for Canada.

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Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the 1972 Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive

Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive

When an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972, cannibalism helped some survive two months in harsh conditions.

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