On Alaska's most dangerous body of water, a rugged band of sailors lives to sail—and to tell about it

Churchill, Canada, Isn't Just for the Bears

The leatherback frogmen of the NYPD Scuba Squad patrol a hellish world beyond noir, where body parts abound, the water's filthy, and mob victims wear concrete shoes. And get this—they love it.

A corps of rock rats in a hurry is putting the pedal to the mettle in big-wall climbing

As the United States prepares to hand over the canal, Panama's wild wonders are ripe for discovery

You, too, can own a share of Henry VIII's sunken flatware—for $50,000. That is, if you cut a deal with Barry Clifford, the Pirate Prince to some, the Underwater Antichrist to others.