Hacker News with Generative AI: Exploration

Lady Baker and the Source of the Nile (harkness.substack.com)
Among the thousands and thousands of handwritten letters preserved in the British Library from the pen of the Victorian publisher Alexander Macmillan, one in particular piqued my interest: written to the heroic explorer of the sources of the Nile, Sir Samuel Baker, on 4 May 1866:

History, Exploration, British Library, Victorian Era, Letters

15 points by Caiero 24 days ago | 0 comments

The Lost Mariner (2002) (newyorker.com)
Columbus was one of the few men of his age willing to entertain the notion that the world was not spherical.

History, Columbus, Exploration

3 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 0 comments

New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship (theguardian.com)
More than a century after it sank below the icy Weddell Sea in Antarctica, forcing its crew to embark on one of the most celebrated survival quests in history, new images have revealed the remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

History, Exploration, Antarctica, Shipwrecks, Photography

112 points by rmason 41 days ago | 44 comments

Researchers Find Cannibalized Victim of 19th-Century Arctic Voyage (nytimes.com)
A new study offers clues to a 179-year-old mystery that killed more than 100 explorers on the Franklin expedition in the Canadian Arctic.

History, Arctic, Exploration, Mystery, Science

46 points by Thevet 45 days ago | 15 comments

Botanists identify 33 global 'dark spots' with unknown plants (theguardian.com)
Botanists have identified 33 “dark spots” around the world where thousands of plant species are probably waiting to be discovered, according to new research.

Botany, Science, Biodiversity, Exploration, Discovery

6 points by mykowebhn 51 days ago | 0 comments

How a 16th Century Explorer's Sailing Ship Works (youtube.com)
A new video on YouTube shows a detailed 3D model of the sailing ship that 16th-century explorer Ferdinand Magellan used to circumnavigate the globe.

History, 3D Modeling, Exploration, YouTube

210 points by fallinditch 77 days ago | 62 comments

Michel Siffre Has Died (wikipedia.org)

Obituary, Science, Exploration, Spelunking, Human Interest

7 points by jmague 87 days ago | 0 comments

The unending allure of high mountains (noemamag.com)

Mountains, Exploration, Nature, Travel

61 points by Thevet 158 days ago | 16 comments

Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest, discovered off the coast of Canada (smithsonianmag.com)

History, Exploration, Archaeology, Maritime History

96 points by pseudolus 159 days ago | 33 comments

Andrée and the Aeronauts' Voyage to the Top of the World (2013) (damninteresting.com)