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Ocean Science and Exploration Are Capitol Hill Focus for Explorer and Filmmaker James Cameron and WHOI President & Director Susan Avery

2013-06-11 04:21:26

UPDATED 6/10/13 9 P.M.--Please note new locations for events at 9:30 & 12:30 p.m., new start time for Senate hearing (3 p.m.), and additional sponsor. WASHINGTON, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Explorer and director James Cameron will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 11, with Dr. Susan Avery, president and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for a series of public events and a Senate hearing. Central to their visit is the display of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the...

National Geographic Channel To Premiere Behind-The-Scenes Look At Oscar®-Nominated Film KON-TIKI From The Weinstein Company

2013-04-30 12:24:42

Half-Hour Documentary Goes Behind the Scenes of New Film That Brings to Life One of the Most Daring and Dramatic Sea Explorations of Our Time KON-TIKI: The Incredible True Story Hosted by EXTRA's Maria Menounos Premieres This Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. ET/PT During Night of Exploration on National Geographic Channel WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced today the world premiere of KON-TIKI: The Incredible True Story, a...

Whiskey Being Returned To Shackleton’s Antarctica Base

Shackleton’s Scotch Being Returned To Base In Antarctica

2013-01-20 07:40:15

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Three bottles of 100-year-old whisky that had been discovered under the floorboards of Ernest Shackleton’s abandoned expedition base in Antarctica were handed over to officials at Scott Base in New Zealand on Saturday, as they continue their journey back to the remote cabin where they were originally found. According to Sky News Australia, the bottles in question contained Scotch donated to Shackleton’s British Antarctic...

Ranulph Fiennes Launches Winter Antarctic Crossing Expedition

2013-01-07 12:37:34

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ranulph “Ran” Fiennes, dubbed by Guinness as “the world’s greatest living explorer,” set sail today for the Antarctic, leading a team of adventurers who want to be the first to cross the vast continent during winter. Fiennes has described the expedition as a trip into the unknown with no chance of rescue if the trek goes awry. Fiennes and crew left Cape Town, South Africa early Monday, cheered off by spectators and a...

National Geographic Celebrates 125 Years With Exploration Issue And Anniversary Special

2012-12-14 12:22:54

January 2013 Magazine Features Five Covers Highlighting The Superlatives Of Exploration National Geographic Channels To Premiere Anniversary Program On 'New Age Of Exploration' In January WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, each copy of the January 2013 issue will feature five covers highlighting the Society's 125(th) anniversary theme, "A New Age of Exploration." The multiple covers will be included in the...

Adventurers To Recreate Epic 1916 Shackleton Journey To Antarctica

2012-12-03 12:27:11

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In 1916, a party led by Ernest Shackleton completed one of the most epic survival adventures, rowing 800 nautical miles through the icy waters of the Southern Ocean and traversing a mountainous, 32-mile section of South Georgia Island, to contact help and assemble a team to rescue the rest of his expedition team that was stranded back on Elephant Island off the coast of Antarctica. In January, a team of British and Australian...

National Geographic's 'Digital Nomad' Andrew Evans Embarks on Around-the-World Expedition by Private Jet

2012-10-17 15:22:44

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrew Evans, National Geographic Traveler magazine's "Digital Nomad," has set off on an Around the World by Private Jet trip with National Geographic Expeditions. As he explores with National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis, art historian Jack Daulton and National Geographic photographer Massimo Bassano, Evans will tweet, blog, vlog and "Instagram" on NationalGeographic.com's Digital Nomad blog...

Veteran Explorer to Attempt the Coldest Journey on Earth

2012-09-17 06:21:50

LONDON, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran polar explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will take on one of the last remaining polar challenges by attempting to cross Antarctica in winter - the coldest journey on Earth - with five colleagues and with the support of the Commonwealth and a number of sponsors. On 6 December 2012, on board the expedition's South African ice-strengthened research ship, 'SA Agulhas', the expedition team - led by Sir Ranulph - will leave...

Search For Franklin Expedition Ships To Resume This Week

2012-08-25 08:58:26

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The search for a pair of ships from the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition, which began four years ago, will continue, as officials from the Canadian government announced Thursday that a new expedition would depart this week in an attempt to find the location of those vessels. According to Reuters, archeologists and divers began their hunt for the lost British vessels HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 2008. Those ships were...

Rosetta Genomics Expands Management Team, Laboratory Capacities and Commercial Operations

2012-08-20 02:31:36

PHILADELPHIA and REHOVOT, Israel, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today announced the completion of three executive hires and an expansion of its commercial operations in preparation for expected sales growth of its microRNA diagnostic assays, specifically its flagship product miRview(®) mets(2). The Company recently announced a co-marketing agreement with Precision...