On Tuesday he died at his home in Rome Walter Bonatti, one of the most celebrated contemporary alpinists. We were surprised that the daily and sports press has echoed the death of this myth of mountaineering. We would like the protagonist mountain outside more often,...
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Fram Museum in Oslo, living adventure history
As we have already mentioned, during 2011 we celebrate the year of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, two Norwegian adventurers who were pioneers in the Arctic exploration. Curiously, Amundsen moved to the South Pole with Fram, the same ship that had brought Nansen to his...
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Fernando de Magallanes and the first circumnavigation of the globe
From time to time we like to take a look back in time and remember historical feats of great adventurers of the past. We have already spoken about the norwegians Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, and the Spanish Francisco de Orellana The great adventurer to...
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Indigenous People´s day: the Sami
Today the International Day of Indigenous Peoples is worldwide celebrated under the motto “Indigenous Designs: celebrating our histories and cultures, creating our own future.” Although it seems from another era, in Europe there are still indigenous peoples. The most numerous and known are the Lapp...
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The Palafitos of the surroundings of the Alps, already are Patrimony of the Humanity
This week UNESCO has awarded 25 new places in the world the title of World Heritage. Among these are the Sierra de la Tramontana in Mallorca, or the Palafitos of the surroundings of the Alps. UNESCO has the authority to grant this title to specific...
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500 years since the birth of Francisco de Orellana, discoverer of the Amazon
This 2011 has been a prolific year in terms of commemorations on adventurers. I already talked at the time of Norwegians Fridtjof Nansen Y Roald Amundsen But today we talk of Spanish Francisco de Orellana Because in 2011 marks the 500th anniversary of his birth....
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100 years since Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole
The other day we were talking about that 2011 was the year of a character as interesting and pioneering as Fridtjof Nansen. The coincidence has wanted that also coincides with another ephemeris very peculiar and that also have like protagonist to another Norwegian universal. This is...
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The year of Fridtjof Nansen
This 2011 is the year of Fridtjof Nansen. The aim of this initiative is to commemorate the 150 years since the birth of this extraordinary man and pioneer in many aspects. We could simplify by saying that Nansen was only an adventurer, but he is...
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