The 4th edition of the GeoSpace program will take place in and around Húsavík this week. The program brings together three young explorers from three different countries, each with a unique connection to Iceland...
The Polar Regions are some of the most extreme and fascinating places on Earth, offering invaluable insights into our planet’s climate system. In this inspiring talk on the Polar Routes YouTube channel, glaciologist and...
The latest issue of Expedition News, published by Blumenfeld & Associates, celebrates its 30th anniversary with stories of remarkable expeditions and achievements: For full stories and more inspiring expeditions, read the latest issue of...
In a celestial celebration of human ingenuity and exploration, the 9th Leif Erikson Awards have crowned their laureates, underscoring remarkable contributions to space exploration and scientific achievement. Húsavík’s Exploration Museum annually bestows these accolades...
Aviatrix, adventurer, around the world pilot and a great friend of the Exploration Museum, Amelia Rose Earhart, has joined the board of the Exploration Museum. She joins the board of our new US based...
American Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Australian around the world sailor Jessica Watson and British exploration historian Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones have been awarded the Leif Erikson Exploration Awards by The Exploration Museum. The museum...
The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs were deeply complex and continuous exercises in risk management. To accomplish so much, in less than a decade, took ingenuity, strong scientific discipline, a relentless test regimen, great...
Fifty years ago this month, a group of Apollo astronauts arrived in Iceland for a week of geology training. A second field trip was made in 1967. For two weeks in July 2015, astronauts...
On April 6, 1985, Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to scale Mt. Everest, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, Steve Fossett, the first to fly a balloon around the world, Patrick...
The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 was a bright spot at the end of an otherwise bleak year in American history. After riots and the assassinations of MLK and RFK, people watched in awe...
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The 11th edition of the Explorers Festival will take place in Húsavík from November 12 to 16, 2025
antarctica / arctic / exploration
Exploring the Polar Regions with Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
February 17, 2025
