explorer

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The species name Megachelicerax cousteaui honors French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

A solo explorer can only fight his circumstances, not his co-pilot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

In “Floyd Collins,” Jeremy Jordan met the challenge of bringing vital life to a character on the verge of losing his—a cave explorer trapped underground—in director Tina Landau’s restrained but deeply moving production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

And it was astonishingly durable—the U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham photographed the citadel of Machu Piqchu in 1913, and found it in near-perfect condition despite four centuries of neglect.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann