The Explorers Podcast

The Explorers Podcast is about the greatest explorers and explorations in history.

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Fridtjof Nansen - Part 2 - The Greenland Expedi...
Nansen sets out to be the first person to cross Greenland
41 min
152
Fridtjof Nansen - Part 1 - Adventurer and Scien...
Nansen's early years, and his planning for his Greenland Expedition
33 min
153
Yuri Gagarin and the first man in space
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man into space
24 min
154
Brendan the Navigator
Saint Brendan goes searching for Paradise in the 6th century
29 min
155
Everest 1922: Interview with author Mick Conefrey
Author Mick Conefrey discusses his latest book on the 1922 attempt on Mount Everest
50 min
156
Jacques Cartier - Part 2 - The St. Lawrence River
Cartier returns to the St. Lawrence region for a second and third time
32 min
157
Jacques Cartier - Part 1 - The Gulf of St. Lawr...
French mariner Jacques Cartier sets out to explore North America
27 min
158
Richard Francis Burton - Part 7 - Adventures in...
The final years of Burton
43 min
159
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
161
Richard Francis Burton - Part 4 - Lake Tanganyika
Burton goes searching for the great inland lake of East Africa
37 min
162
Richard Francis Burton - Part 3 - The Somalilan...
Burton attempts to reach the city Harar
35 min
163
Richard Francis Burton - Part 2 - Medina and Mecca
Burton goes undercover to go on his Hadj
35 min
164
Richard Francis Burton - Part 1 - India
Burton's early years, including his time in India
34 min
165
Teddy Roosevelt and the River of Doubt - Part 4
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition comes to a conclusion
45 min
166
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
167
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
168
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
169
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and the Exploration of ...
Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo becomes the first non-native to reach Upper California
50 min
170
James Beckwourth - Mountain Man
James Beckwourth goes from being a slave to one of the most colorful men of the American West
53 min
171
Ernest Shackleton - Part 11/11 - The Quest Expe...
The Quest Expedition and the Legacy of Shackleton
59 min
172
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