A FAMILY SAIL-SKI-CLIMB ADVENTURE FOR SKIP NOVAK REVEALS THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE SHACKLETON TRAVERSE

In this extract from Peter Wise’s new book, an angler is fishing an ice-age lake where the coffin containing an evil monk who was reputed to have come back from the dead was once dumped. But the past is coming back to haunt him…

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

My last email ended with this: We are both very much looking forward to our Tasman Sea crossing to Nelson, New Zealand. The sea with its infinite cleansing powers should wash away all that earth life

Join an expedition ship for an awe-inspiring trip to untouched Antarctica and encounter penguins, seals, whales – and icebergs

18-year-old soldier Craig Wood was on patrol in ...