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Zen, disappointment and insomnia

by Ailsa Ross on January 21, 2016January 6, 2017

On Scots porridge

by Ailsa Ross on January 5, 2016January 21, 2016

The early female adventurers I love

by Ailsa Ross on October 27, 2015April 6, 2016

Scottish nature writer Nan Shepherd

by Ailsa Ross on October 27, 2015October 27, 2015

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Amelia Earhart had all the best lines.
When Isabella Bird went to her doctor complaining of insomnia and back pain, she wasn’t prescribed sleeping pills or painkillers. She was told to go traveling.
She was "the female Lawrence of Arabia." Actually, scratch that. Freya Stark was incomparable. . What do you think of her story?
Adventures don’t have to look big to be fun. . Illustration by @hillergoodspeed, who makes my heart glad every time I look at one of his pictures. Ailsa from Women Adventurers 🌲
As a kid growing up in New York City, Eugenie “Shark Lady” Clark (1922-2015) spent every Saturday watching the fish swim by at the local aquarium. Eugenie went on to become a pioneering marine biologist, explorer, and conservationist. . In her study of more than 370 known species of sharks, she discovered eleven species new to science. She dove to depths of more than two miles, and saw one of the largest sharks ever found — a 23-foot Pacific “sleepwalker” shark off the coast of Japan. When the shark slammed into her bait cage, the submarine shook. . Eugenie's research proved sharks aren't the dumb and dangerous creatures they were, and are, painted as. After "Jaws" was released in 1975, she wrote an article for @natgeo titled, "Sharks: Magnificent and Misunderstood." . Images courtesy of @motemarinelab, an institute with more female scientists than male. . What are your thoughts on sharks? Dumb and dangerous? Magnificent and misunderstood? 🦈🦈🦈
The first Western woman to enter the "forbidden city" of Lhasa, Alexandra David-Néel was the ultimate adventurer.

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