Dallas Seavey explains how his determination to finish is what helped him win the 2014 Iditarod. Continue reading
Explorer Brian Jones explains the first issue he and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard had with the amount of helium in their balloon when they launched on March 1, 1999. Continue reading
Explorer Brian Jones discusses how the teamwork of engineers and support staff was the main reason he and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard succeeded at their third attempt to circumnavigate the globe by balloon. Continue reading
See footage of the 1944 eruption of Mount Vesuvius and watch how townspeople in the path of destruction evacuate the area in this narrated newsreel. Continue reading
Pliny the Younger, a Roman lawyer and author, describes the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius in letters he wrote about 25 years after the event. Continue reading
Read Sergeant Robert F. McRae's diary account of the 1944 Mount Vesuvius eruption from his position with the 340th Bombardment Group in Italy. Continue reading
Justin Lyons, Steve Irwin's diving partner and cameraman, remembers what happened on the day Irwin was accidentally killed by a stingray during the filming of a documentary. Continue reading
Ricky Stover, survivor of the Moore tornado (May 20, 2013) in the Oklahoma City area, shares that moment that he felt sure he was dying. Continue reading
Henry Cookson and his rowdy crew finally reached the bust of Lenin, which marks the Antarctic Pole of Inaccessability, and decide to do some ironing while they're there. Continue reading
In this first person account, a member of the arctic exploration Team N2i is filming their journey as they are kite ski from the Antarctic Coastline to the center of the continent in 2007. Continue reading
