The Last Whale Hunt For A Vanishing Alaskan Village
Above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, a half-day's journey by snowmobile from the nearest paved road or tree, a village called Kivalina sits on a slip of permanently frozen earth bracketed by water
View ArticleMismanagement And Scandal In The National Park Service
The year 2016 was supposed to be a happy one for the National Park Service.
View ArticleHow Two Gym Rats Conquered The Shadowy World Of Dietary Supplements
Blackstone Labs has hawked tens of millions of dollars' worth of products promising to make men stronger, bigger, last longer in the sack and even gain a mental edge.
View ArticleThe 'Killologist' Training America’s Cops
"Cops fight violence. What do they fight it with? Superior violence. Righteous violence."
View ArticleA Test Drive In A $293,000 Bentley
I’m hurtling 150 mph down the straightaway at the Estoril Circuit in Portugal, but you’d never know it from where I sit.
View ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger Picks His Next Fight
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is nearly 70 years old, probably thought his next battle would be against a mutant menace in a dystopian summer tent-pole film or an attempt to talk sense to some fool...
View ArticleA Season On America's Least Chill Weed Farm
It was supposed to be a season in Eden, growing God's own herb in the California sunshine. But there's a rifle in the bedroom, bail money buried out back and a boss man getting more psycho by the hour.
View ArticleThe NASA-Hollywood Bromance
As you may have noticed, Hollywood has been bingeing on space movies as of late.
View ArticleThailand's Cobra Village
Among the residents of Ban Khok Sa-Nga, otherwise known as Cobra Village, there are two kinds of bites: severe and not so severe.
View ArticleThe Unbelievable, Death-Defying Tale Of The World's Greatest Paraplegic Surfer
All surfers, of course, are connected to the sea. But for Hansen, the bond is deeper: Water is the sole medium in which his body is unbound by circumstance.
View ArticleGetting High And Holy At The International Church Of Cannabis
Steve Berke, founder of the Denver nonprofit religious organization Elevation Ministries, stands on stage at his brand new International Church of Cannabis and takes two deep drags from a hefty joint.
View ArticleWhat's Behind The 26,000-Year Partnership Between Humans And Dogs?
One of the best decisions humans made 26,000 years ago was casting our lot with the ancestors of dogs. Without them, we might not have been able to survive.
View ArticleConfessions Of A Cartel Hit Man
Our business was dope and murder, and our enemies were people whose business was dope and murder.
View ArticleThe Public Lands Resistance
The crowd at the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' annual Rendezvous is a mix of biologists, military vets, TV hunting personalities, former hippies, and ardent Trump supporters. All are dedicated to...
View ArticleMy Parents Are Obsessed With Rocks. Now, I Finally Understand Why.
Growing up with geologists meant vacations doing fieldwork and easy access to snakes, but those family treasure hunts yielded something more precious than stone.
View ArticleHow Strava Became The Only Fitness App That Matters
Strava is it right now — the only app that serious runners and cyclists need to bother with.
View ArticleFreezing Temps And Rotting Hands: Speaking With The Men Of The Polar Row...
Imagine rowing 90 minutes on and 90 minutes off for twelve days straight in freezing temperatures through wet, bone-chilling winds and (up to) 20 foot waves.
View ArticleAn Orphan's Odyssey: From South Korea To Minnesota And Back Again
His name was Char Su then. His name is Eric Charles Poole now. He isn’t sure how old he is. He isn’t sure about a lot of things. That’s why we’re flying to South Korea — to unearth what we can of his...
View ArticleThe True, Complicated Story Of The Ayahuasca Murders
Each year, thousands of seekers flock to the rain forest to indulge in an ancient hallucinogenic brew, with the promise of a spiritual awakening. But when a Canadian man murdered a Peruvian shaman, the...
View ArticleDeath On The Home Front: Hell And High Water In Fort Hood
One of the biggest single losses of life ever at Fort Hood was also seemingly one of the most preventable.
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