The Explorers Podcast
The Explorers Podcast is about the greatest explorers and explorations in history.
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Fridtjof Nansen - Part 1 - Adventurer and Scien...
Nansen's early years, and his planning for his Greenland Expedition
33 min
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Yuri Gagarin and the first man in space
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man into space
24 min
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Brendan the Navigator
Saint Brendan goes searching for Paradise in the 6th century
29 min
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Everest 1922: Interview with author Mick Conefrey
Author Mick Conefrey discusses his latest book on the 1922 attempt on Mount Everest
50 min
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Jacques Cartier - Part 2 - The St. Lawrence River
Cartier returns to the St. Lawrence region for a second and third time
32 min
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Jacques Cartier - Part 1 - The Gulf of St. Lawr...
French mariner Jacques Cartier sets out to explore North America
27 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 7 - Adventures in...
The final years of Burton
43 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 6 - The Source of...
The feud between Burton and Speke is brought to a public debate
28 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 5 - Lake Victoria
John Hanning Speke takes a side trek and comes upon Lake Victoria
29 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 4 - Lake Tanganyika
Burton goes searching for the great inland lake of East Africa
37 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 3 - The Somalilan...
Burton attempts to reach the city Harar
35 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 2 - Medina and Mecca
Burton goes undercover to go on his Hadj
35 min
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Richard Francis Burton - Part 1 - India
Burton's early years, including his time in India
34 min
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Teddy Roosevelt and the River of Doubt - Part 4
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition comes to a conclusion
45 min
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Teddy Roosevelt and the River of Doubt - Part 3
Teddy Roosevelt and and Cândido Rondon begin the descent of the River of Doubt
41 min
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Teddy Roosevelt and the River of Doubt - Part 2
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition head across the Brazilian Highlands to the headwaters of the River of Doubt
33 min
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Teddy Roosevelt and the River of Doubt - Part 1
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition seeks to map a recently discovered river in the heart of the Amazon
35 min
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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and the Exploration of ...
Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo becomes the first non-native to reach Upper California
50 min
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James Beckwourth - Mountain Man
James Beckwourth goes from being a slave to one of the most colorful men of the American West
53 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 11/11 - The Quest Expe...
The Quest Expedition and the Legacy of Shackleton
59 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 10 - Endurance: Across...
Shackleton must cross the mountains of South Georgia to reach civilization
57 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 9 - Endurance: The Voy...
Shackleton makes a desperate run across the Drake Passage
50 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 8 - Endurance: Elephan...
Shackleton and the men struggle to get out of the ice pack
71 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 7 - Endurance: Into th...
Shackleton and Endurance head to Antarctica
46 min
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Ernest Shackleton - Part 6 - Prelude to Endurance
Ernest Shackleton prepares for his next adventure - the Endurance Expedition
37 min