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John Dunn (born 1954) is a wilderness explorer, writer and photographer, originally from England, but now based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [1] He has completed a number of pioneering expeditions throughout northern Canada and the Canadian Arctic.
Hugh Glass (c. 1783 – 1833) [1] [2] [3] was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer.He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.
Name DOB–DOD Years Active Native Country Comments Albert, John: 1806–1899 1834–1847 United States Ashley, William Henry: 1778–1838 1822–1828 United States Baker, Jim
Christopher Johnson McCandless (/ m ə ˈ k æ n d l ɪ s /; February 12, 1968 [1] – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", [2] was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up.
Up follows the storyline of the film, featuring Carl, Russell, and Dug walking through the jungles of Venezuela.All of the mentioned characters are playable in the game, and in all versions, the player must switch between them to take advantage of their unique abilities to overcome obstacles, while being careful to avoid injury as all playable characters (depending on the version) share a ...
A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness and makes his living from hunting and trapping.Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s).
Simon Kenton was born at the headwaters of Mill Run in the Bull Run Mountains on April 3, 1755, in Prince William County, Virginia, to Mark Kenton Sr., an immigrant from County Down, Ireland, and Mary (Miller) Kenton, who was of Scottish and Welsh ancestry.
Sir Walter William Herbert (24 October 1934 – 12 June 2007) was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man fully recognized for walking to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's disputed expedition. [1] He was described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as "the greatest polar explorer of our time".