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An all-female expedition to the North Pole
The Arabian Desert may not be everyone’s first choice when training for a ski expedition to the North Pole, but Felicity Aston explains why it was the perfect location for her international team of...
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Along the New Silk Road – Yiwu: The World Market
In this final instalment of our monthly series of reports looking at the impact China’s BRI project is having on the local infrastructure situated along its route, explorer and China scholar Charles...
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The New Silk Road – An interactive look
Still puzzled by China’s trillion dollar masterplan for the future of global trade? Kontinentalist brings you an interactive overview to help bring you up to speed (Please click here if the below...
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Breaking the silence: infertility and stigma in Senegal
Infertility affects thousands of women across Senegal, yet the subject is deeply taboo. Jane Labous meets those fighting societal pressures in this West African country, where the infertile are said to...
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George Boynton: the greatest explorer that never was
Charles Roberts reccounts the story of George Melville Boynton, perhaps the world's worst explorer At the peak of his fame, George Melville Boynton was celebrated alongside the likes of Ernest...
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An international expedition to Antarctica's icy frontier
In January 2019, a Dutch marine charity, the Flotilla Foundation, is due to send a major international expedition to Antarctica with the aim of exploring the remote, harsh and little studied Weddell...
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How a once-maligned shrub can help farmers in Senegal grow better crops
Once dismissed as undesirable competitors, certain West African shrubs are now being recognised as significant crop enhancers Imagine a miracle plant that could increase the yield of crops such as...
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Digging deeper wells in Bangladesh reduces arsenic poisoning
Once a constant threat across Bangladesh, arsenic poisoning has significantly reduced thanks to deeper wells Chronic arsenic poisoning has long inhibited Bangladesh. The South Asian country has spent...
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The Women Who Mine
Female-led artisanal mining associations are fighting back against a predominately male industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo In the February edition of Geographical, journalist Eleonora Vio...
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Plotting the Greater Patagonian Trail
The 3,000-kilometre Greater Patagonian Trail has no signposts, printed maps or legal recognition. Satellite technology conceived the route. Matt Maynard follows in the footsteps of those who discovered...
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The indigenous people of Taiwan’s letter to Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping’s rhetoric has prompted a heartfelt but stern response from Taiwan’s indigenous people It’s simple, argued President Xi Jinping. China and Taiwan share an ethnicity, a language, and a...
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Predicting the unidentified carriers of zika, dengue and yellow fever
Where will the next virus outbreak emerge? A new model predicting wildlife species potentially capable of transferring pathogens to humans helps answer the question Zika, dengue, yellow fever. All...
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Watch Nekton's First Descent mission into the Indian Ocean
Watch the stunning live-stream from the bottom of the Indian Ocean! Nekton’s mission is to explore the depths of the world’s most unknown and least protected ocean, using state-of-the-art submersibles...
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Why the Brumadinho dam collapse wasn’t surprising
The recent dam collapse in Brazil could just be the beginning of a series of disasters due to inadequate dam technology and monitoring ‘An upstream dam uses far less wall material and occupies less...
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Kyrgyzstan and climate change: Kol Suu, the Naryn and the Fergana Valley
In the saddle with Katie Arnold as she rides, drives and hitch-hikes across Kyrgyzstan, a country on the frontline of climate change where melting glaciers, drought and erratic rainfall threaten both...
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Open-source seeds: protecting new crops from privitisation
Concern about the increasing privatisation of seeds has resulted in the creation of an open-source licence to keep seeds in public hands From the green grass of England to the tropical forests of the...
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Clear Vision: How Sightgeist is battling third-world blindness
Event at the Science Museum aims to highlight the unaddressed disability of poor vision Poverty can be defined in many ways. We lean towards the obvious areas of hunger, clothing and other basic...
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Malaysia looks to capitalise on China’s taste for durian
As China’s demand for the notoriously smelly durian fruit soars and Malaysia looks set to capitalise, environmentalists question the cost Many people born in the West have heard of durian, the smelly...
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Sean Sutton: Photojournalist at the Mines Advisory Group
Sean Sutton is a photojournalist and international communications manager for the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), an NGO that assists people affected by landmines, unexploded ordnance, and small arms and...
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The impact of mobile work on partners and families in Australia
Two researchers have identified a deep-rooted sense of disorientation and loneliness among the partners of Australia’s growing community of mobile workers Fly-in fly-out work (or FIFO), in which...
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