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Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who wrote and read the words for the above short, is one adventurer bad ass. He’s a former British SAS officer who has completed a North-South circumnavigation of the planet, attempted  a solo trek of the North Pole and even cut off his own frostbitten fingers (rather… Read the rest

A team of British geologists has found four uncharted glaciers in the “cursed” Prokletije mountains of Albania. Dr. Philip Hughes from the University’s School of Environment and Development, who led the expedition, told PhysOrg:

“We were amazed that – as far as we know – no-one, apart from local shepherds, … Read the rest

Air-fresheners, treadmills you can take out on trail, pancake dispensers; we are surrounded by junk we don’t need. Advances in technology have allowed us to create just about anything, but when does smart design become just plain ‘ole stupid? The Landfill Prize can tell you.
Based in Britain, the Landfill… Read the rest

At 300 feet tall and 1,150 feet long, the Llyn Brianne Dam is the tallest dam in the UK. To call paddling down it in a kayak “death-defying” might just be an understatement. But that’s exactly what a group of paddlers did, launching themselves down a spillway, traveling at speeds… Read the rest

Thanks to Julian Borger at guardian.co.uk for bringing us news about the Congo Basin Forest Fund, which launched today. The fund, which is the largest ever set to combat deforestation, was implemented by Britain and Norway to help fight deforestation in the vast Congo basin rainforest in Central Africa. The… Read the rest