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Donna D'Errico to Climb Mount Ararat in Search of Noah's Ark

Former "Baywatch" star Donna D'Errico has enjoyed a pretty amazing career arc. But the 42-year-old actress, who recently turned down a spot on "Dancing With the Stars," is now focusing on Noah's ark. D'Errico, 42, is in training to fulfill a lifelong dream of climbing Mount Ararat in Turkey to search for the frozen...

Kayakers Describe Horror of Fatal Croc Attack on Guide

A two-month kayaking expedition on an unexplored whitewater river in Africa would have been the trip of a lifetime, but the journey turned deadly in an instant. Two American men watched in horror as their South African guide, Hendrik Coetzee, was snatched by a crocodile on the Lukuga River in Congo. They were unharmed and...

Englishman First to Walk Length of Amazon River

(Aug. 9) -- English explorer and writer Ed Stafford, with Gadiel "Cho" Sanchez Rivera at his side, finished the never-before-done trek of the entire 4,200-mile length of the Amazon River today -- a trip that took two years and four months to complete. "Job done ... I always knew it was possible," Stafford, 34, posted on...

Another Gigantic Undersea Volcano Found Off Coast of Indonesia [IMAGE]

(July 12) -- U.S. and Indonesian researchers reported a startling discovery today: A volcano rising 10,000 feet from the ocean floor off the coast of Indonesia, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, according to The Associated Press. Jim Holden, the chief U.S. scientist for the first leg of the joint expedition,...

Background on expedition

An expedition typically refers to a long journey or voyage undertaken for a specific purpose, often exploratory, scientific, geographic, military or political in nature.

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