British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot, missing for over 100 years after a tragic 1924 Everest expedition, has been discovered ...

In the early years, little was known about the physiological effects of extreme altitude, and mountaineers the world over wondered if they could possibly climb Mount Everest, the world's highest ...

The 1922 expedition reached 8,170 meters (26,800 feet) on the North Ridge, a major achievement. Expeditions continued through the years. The 1933 British Mount Everest expedition faced challenges ...

All that remained to be claimed was the "Third Pole," the summit of the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest. In 1924 a British expedition was poised to make that claim. At the time of their ...

MANY well-wishers of British exploration ... to conquer Mount Everest none who is qualified to continue the valuable scientific investigations commenced by the earlier expeditions to this region.

This Canadian way of mapping extreme mountainous environments, gave the otherwise exclusively British 1921 Everest Expedition the success it so badly needed. And, in hindsight, we now know it ...