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A Sense of Silence
To gain understanding of a place is to spend unhurried time there, walking its old paths, touching the bark of trees, sleeping beneath the stars, meeting whomever crosses our paths. It’s to let the environment seep into you....
Channel Crossing
Will Copestake and Seumas Nairn attempt an ambitious kayaking expedition in Patagonia – and are confronted by a bitter reality....
Myths of the North
Captivated by the Northern Lights, photographer Lana Tannir travels to Lapland and immerses herself in the country’s folklore...
The Dance of Giants
The Arctic is peace. It is calm. It is quiet. Everything slows down because there is no information from the outside world. In fact, there is no outside world. In the Arctic, what you see and have in front of you is all there is....
In the Kingdom of Goldhorn
On the trail of Goldhorn, a mythical white ibex, in the mountain realm of Triglav – exploring Slovenia’s most beautiful mountains. ...
The Maira Valley
Lena Stoffel travels to the Maira Valley, where the past and the future meet, and locals rebuild a future for themselves – and for the valley itself with all its natural wealth....
Don’t Imprison the Wind
Don’t Imprison the Wind is a new film by Chris McClean and James Bowden. We catch up with the filmmakers to find out why play is so integral to adventure....
Qimmiq
In 2001, explorers Lonnie Dupre and John Hoelscher completed the first circumnavigation of Greenland. In 2022, Dupre returned to visit old friends....
The Pine Hunters
High in the Scottish Highlands, ecologists seek out the last wild Scots pine. A film by Ted Simpson....
A Conversation in the Fog
Chasing icebergs and coastal wonders in Newfoundland’s raw beauty. Life at its most captivating, echoing the harmony between human settlements and nature. A story by Hannes Becker....
Above the Storm
Bronwyn Hodgins and friends travel 450km by sea kayak along the coast of Greenland, seeking big-wall first ascents in the land of 24-hour daylight....
Salimor Khola
Our six-week journey into a remote corner of Nepal had brought us to this: a beautiful but heavily corniced ridgeline leading up the last few hundred metres to an unclimbed summit. By Hamish Frost....
Through the Heart of the Alps
Mountains have always felt like home to Jenny Tough, and the Valais region of Switzerland has to be one of the most idyllic mountain regions on earth. If you imagine classic snow-capped mountains, the image your mind conjures up is likely exactly what Valais looks like....
Together
While on a mountaineering expedition in Pakistan, Fay Manners receives the devastating news that her best friend, Line van den Berg, has died in an avalanche....
Touching the Gate
Jenny Tough chats with ultrarunner Jasmin Paris about ‘touching the gate’ at the 2024 Barkley Marathons...
Planning the Unpredictable
Though Eloi and I had already experienced a variety of conditions – blissful to miserable – since our departure from Catalunya, none of them would be as trying as our Ausangate Loop experience....
Moment of Commitment
Freediver Anna von Boetticher explores a whale flenseplassen in Arctic Greenland....
Continuum
Every now and then a stronger gust shakes us – a reminder that we are very far from civilisation. As usual we are gathered around the stove, listening with fascination to the stories of Atilio, our captain....
Stronger With Time
Joffrey Maluski sets out on a winter fatbike traverse of Iceland. Facing deep cold and extreme storms, he has no choice but control what he can and adapt to the rest....
Light Lines
Norwegian nature is under threat. Is it possible to blend art, action sports, and environmental activism to bring this issue to the top of the political agenda? By Calum Macintyre & Vegard Aasen....
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