Ed from the Edge: “World’s Greatest Living Explorer”

“Humble beekeeper turned world’s greatest living explorer” – Legend Sir Edmund Hillary leads the pack of the ‘ten greatest living explorers’ in an extensive Vanity Fair photo essay. “‘Those magnificent men’ …the men and women who leave the comforts of bed and home to explore the far ends of the earth … be it the vastness of the desert, the earth’s highest summit, or the unfathomed depths of the ocean.” Photographed on KareKare Beach, 6th March 22 (island off Karekare not present- cheers photoshop!), Sir Ed recalls the Everest ascent (“we knocked the bastard off”) as well as his humanitarian adventures.


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…