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Sailing solo around Antarctica
Lisa Blair navigated waves as tall as high-rise buildings, dodging cargo ships, icebergs and several near-death experiences to sail around Antarctica…
3 years, 6 months ago
Bush chooks, clever crows, and assassin maggies
Darryl Jones has an enthusiastic curiosity about wild birds that, against all odds, flourish in Australia's cities and towns
3 years, 6 months ago
The rise of the land dragon
Alex Landragin was born into a champagne-making family in the French village of Verzenay. When he was five, his family began a new life in Australia.…
3 years, 6 months ago
Confronting my grandmother the Baba Yaga
Krissy Kneen grew up under the strict control of her grandmother, Lotty, who was the eccentric and sometimes cruel matriarch of her small family. Kri…
3 years, 6 months ago
How David was lost, then found
David Newheiser was raised in a fundamentalist Christian family. When he fell in love with a Buddhist, his parents cut him off and his Dad wrote a bo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Rebel doctor Caroline de Costa — smuggling condoms and scaring priests
Being a single mother and student doctor in 1960s Ireland was merely the 'first act' in Caroline's gutsy adult life. She became a pioneering obstetri…
3 years, 6 months ago
Life and death in the Amazon
Anthony Ham tells the dramatic story of Chris Clark, who made Brazil's Wild West his home, weathering death threats in response to his attempts at wi…
3 years, 6 months ago
The fall of Kabul through Andrew Quilty's lens
Andrew Quilty fell in love with Afghanistan for the sense of purpose it gave him as a photographer, but he watched it fall through the lens of his ca…
3 years, 6 months ago
The secret life of George
Georgina Godwin grew up in Zimbabwe with a father who was the model of a British gentleman. Many years after she fled Africa for London, she discover…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Kaya's transition unlocked a secret history
When Kaya Wilson came out to his parents as transgender, after a near-death surfing accident and just weeks before his father's death, it revealed a …
3 years, 6 months ago