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A keen explorer of Guyana and the Amazon, he always went barefoot there despite ­frequent infestation of ­chegoes, ‘a small ...

Tessa Hulls transforms her experiences into art. Discover her Pulitzer Prize-winning work and her adventurous lifestyle.

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Specialists of the Russian Arctic National Park studied and classified records of the so-called Blue Book from the first Soviet polar station on Franz Josef Land, head of the park's Historical and ...