A special event will recreate a hasty yet lavish Christmas meal eaten by the men of The Endurance expedition before the ship was crushed by ice.

Last Sunday in a little French fishing village called Les Sables D’Olonne a race began which many people say is the most difficult sporting challenge left in the world today, writes Stewart Hosford.

Enda Ó Coineen is an adventurer taking on the world’s hardest race. The 60-year-old businessman will attempt to become the first Irishman to sail around the world solo, without assistance or stopping, on his boat, the Kilcullen Voyager.

Bridgehill is a quality house in a special setting, says Tommy Barker.

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Theo Dorgan tells Alan O’Riordan about keeping busy on the incredible journey of life

A world champion kitesurfer who became the first person to kitesurf non-stop from France to Ireland at the weekend has now set his sights on an epic transatlantic crossing.

Time on the Ocean: A voyage from Cape Horn to Cape Hope

The 16-year-old sailor who spent three days adrift in the Indian Ocean described her ordeal as “crazy” today as she started the long journey home after being rescued.

A 16-year-old Australian girl who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey today, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted.

TEENAGER Mike Perham said his dream had come true as he became the youngest person to sail solo around the world with assistance.

PANAMA voted yesterday in a referendum backing an ambitious €4.2 billion expansion plan to give its famous canal its biggest face-lift in a move the government hopes will lift the nation out of poverty.

A yachtswoman’s attempt to sail solo round the world in the wrong direction was under threat tonight after problems worsened with her autopilot system.

Ellen MacArthur tonight became the fastest person to single-handedly sail around the world non-stop.

British sailor Ellen MacArthur had edged back to one day seven hours ahead of Francis Joyon's round-the-world record pace yesterday but was facing a threatening passage through the Doldrums from today.

YACHTSWOMAN Ellen MacArthur has badly burned her arm in an accident as she bids to become the fastest person to sail single-handedly round the world.

THEY FINALLY touched land late last Monday afternoon, felt terra firma for the first time in almost two months, but even then they were dizzy and unsure of themselves.

An adventurer today smashed the round-the-world sailing record by six days.

Yachtsman Francis Joyon’s record-breaking solo round-the-world voyage in just 73 days was today hailed as “incredible” by the first person to sail the globe non-stop.

The day before astronaut Commander Laurel Clark died in the shuttle disaster she sent an e-mail home to family and friends.

One of the crew of Columbia sent an e-mail home to friends and family the day before she died, it was revealed today.

Yachtswomen Ellen MacArthur and her crew were tonight heading for the start line of their round the world non stop speed record bid.

A newlywed couple are setting off on a seven-year journey to walk from one side of the globe to the other.