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  Marcos Weskamp

  

  The Endurance: one of the greatest survival stories ever told

  Mashable

  The Endurance Survival against the greatest odds. Alex Q. Arbuckle Ernest Shackleton had already made a name for himself as an intrepid explorer, having reached a record southern latitude on his Antarctic expedition of 1907-1909, when he set sail on the Endurance in 1914.The South Pole had been …

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  Marcos Weskamp

  

  Blue Ice: A journey through the Antarctic with Alex Bernasconi, in pictures

  The Telegraph

  Adelie penguin close-up, Paulet Island, AntarcticaPicture: Alex Bernasconi Credit: Alex Bernasconi

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  'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours

  The Telegraph

  Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works. The EM Drive was developed by the British inventor Roger Shawyer nearly 15 years ago but was ridiculed at the time …

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  Marcos Weskamp

  

  Pluto is stunning in latest color close-up from Nasa

  The Guardian - Guardian staff reporter

  Close-up images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft are combined with color data to paint a new and surprising portrait of the dwarf planet, Nasa said

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  Marcos Weskamp

  

  Trekking Australia’s Last Frontier: One Woman’s 500-Mile Survivalist Adventure

  National Geographic - Justin O'Neill

  Sarah Marquis is drawn to solitude. That’s why she spent three years walking the estimated 10,000 miles from Siberia to Australia, and then across that continent’s big, empty backyard. And that’s why she’s on a four-month survivalist adventure in Australia’s Kimberley region she’s calling her …

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  Marcos Weskamp

  

  The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos

  The Atlantic - By Robinson Meyer

  How to build a camera that travels billions of miles from Earth For decades after its discovery in 1930, Pluto looked like nothing more than a gray smudge in the abyss of space. We knew it was there—even knew its size and gravity—but, without better images, we could not answer seemingly basic …