Erling Kagge has trekked to both poles, including solo to the South, and through New York’s sewers, from the Bronx to the Atlantic. Who better to write a book on the virtues of walking, says Aileen C O’Reilly

An Irishman is planning a 1,400km trek between two Siberian towns, both of which claim to be the coldest on Earth. Temperatures can drop to minus 60C.

George Patterson fronts The Roaring Forties, a band formed in 2003 for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. 

The family of legendary polar explorer Tom Crean have spoken of their pride after seeing his portrait take to the skies on the tailfin of

Today is Roald Dahl Day!

The granddaughter of legendary Antarctic explorer Tom Crean believes he would probably wonder what all the fuss is about after Norwegian airlines named him their first Irish ‘tailfin hero’.

Pat Falvey’s new theatre show tells how a builder from the north side of Cork climbed Everest and undertook other great feats of exploration, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Ever wondered when spring has actually sprung? Dr Naomi Lavelle may have the answers as she takes us through the Spring equiox.

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.

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.

EVERYTHING is very plain and modern now,” a dying man tells the author Jack London roughly halfway through Minds of Winter, warning the writer against the gothic, supernatural excesses of the yarn he is spinning in a hospital ward.

To mark 100 years since Tom Crean embarked on one of the great feats of navigation, his descendants have decided to travel on the same epic journey, they tell Dan MacCarthy

Mark Pollock, Jamie Wall and Louise O’Hara are just some of the role models that have inspired Sarah O’Donovan as the 31-year-old pursues a return to the top tier of camogie with a different county and a team made up largely of players 10 years her junior.

The gallant endeavours of Cork and Kerry explorers enriched our national heritage, writes Brendan Cardiff

Mark Pollock has stood on his own for the first time since a fall which left him paralysed in 2010.

On its centenary, Ryle Dwyer looks at an extraordinary rescue in the South Atlantic involving two Irishmen 

Life has been as good to Richard Dunwoody since retiring from the saddle as it was in it. 

How Shackleton and his crew of Irish, English, and Scots worked together was a million miles away from the events taking place at the same time in Dublin 1916, writes Patrick G O’Shea of the University of Maryland

Up to 150,000 Adélie penguins have ‘gone missing’ from a colony in Antarctica since a huge iceberg disrupted their access to the sea, writes Richard Collins. 

Set in an area awash with sweeping views and nautical lore, there’s plenty to explore near this spacious family home, says Tommy Barker.

A remarkable set of rare medals awarded to explorer Ernest Shackleton for his Antarctic expeditions are up for auction.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

Blind Irish adventurer Mark Pollock — who was left paralysed when he fell 25ft from a bedroom window while staying with friends in England — has won his battle for damages in the High Court in London.

Sometimes we choose our challenges. And, sometimes, challenges choose us. What we decide to do about them is what counts.

A blind adventurer who was paralysed in 2010 was described as an inspiration to the next generation of doctors alongside whom he received an honorary degree.

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is embarking on the “most dangerous swims ever undertaken in the world” to call for a protected area in Antarctic waters.

The author of a new book on Ernest Shackleton has said Ireland should “reclaim” the famous Polar explorer.

Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer

Adventurer unbowed despite blindness and paralysis, says Suzanne Harrington

Mark's story set for cinematic release.

He’s climbed Everest twice and walked to the South Pole, but adventurer Pat Falvey said the last week has been one of the toughest of his life after his father suffered a serious health scare in Spain.

The country’s first gentoo penguin chick has been delivered to his doting parents — making the tiny bundle of fluff the first of its kind to be hatched in Ireland.

Ireland’s first gay penguin couple have set up a nest together in the country’s only gentoo penguin colony.

An Irish duo’s attempt to walk 779km to the North Pole has been abandoned after both were injured when a sled fell on them.

Astronomers announced that they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes of the massive expansion of the universe that took place just after the Big Bang.

Prince Harry celebrated completing his South Pole trek by drinking champagne from a prosthetic limb.

A British adventurer has achieved a world first after becoming the first person to cycle to the South Pole from the edge of the continent in just 10 days.

Prince Harry has broken a toe following a minor accident but will still take part in a gruelling charity trek to the South Pole, Kensington Palace has said.

On November 13, as darkness falls, thousands of people will run through Dublin, Belfast Cork, London and Manchester to raise money so that one day the paralysed might walk.

WHOSE idea was it to hold the 2022 World Cup in a little place the size of Connecticut with temperatures hotter than inside your oven? Whose idea was it to hold the world’s biggest football event, synonymous with lager, lager, lager, in a place that doesn’t do alcohol?