On 21st January 2010 new polar history was written.Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters successfully crossed Antarctica! In an interview ExplorersWeb did with Ryan Waters and Cecilie Skog, they say: “The mental part was the most difficult part”.

Today 21st January 2010 new polar history was written. Nearly a century after Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911, the Norwegian female Cecilie Skog, 35, and the American man Ryan Waters, 36, reached Ross Ice Shelf and made the first unassisted crossing of Antarctica.

Rough Guide`s top five New Year’s resolutions for travellers will jumpstart your most adventurous year yet! Anyone with a ticket can be a tourist, but wouldn’t you rather be a traveller? Travellers embrace the culture, travellers eat the local delicacies, travellers learn the language and travellers get off the beaten path.

Scientists found a pyramid buried under Egypt's sand. It`s a amazing hidden tresaure that hopefully will reveal more of the ancient history in the country.

The performance, which is one of Norway's most sought after plays, is this year celebrating its twentieth

This year the focus should be on the wilds of the Norwegian countryside. With its dazzling Nordic light and dramatic landscape, Norway is perhaps the most unexplored and exotic corner of Europe.

Auschwitz's Facebook page follows the launch of its channel on YouTube
The Polish authorities in charge of Auschwitz launched in October 2009 an official site for the former Nazi death camp on the social networking website Facebook.

The celebration of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp will take place on 27th January 2010. It will be without the stolen sign "Arbeit macht frei".

The Moss region is the sunny side of the Oslo fjord, both in the summer and winters! On Sunday 10th January 2010 the weather and snow conditions were just perfect. Skiing around in Mossemarka on a day like this, you really feel a strong coexistence with the nature.

According to UNESCO, is half of the 6,700 languages spoken today are in danger of disappearing before the century ends. The organisation believes it`s a process that can be slowed only if urgent action is taken by governments and speaker communities. By launcing a Atlas of the World`s Languages in Danger on Internet, UNESCO hopes to promote interest for preserving the languages.

Biodiversity is life, writes UNESCO on its website. The UN has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity, aiming to cut the rate of biodiversity loss. During the Year, UNESCO will lead activities to raise awareness of biodiversity's vital role and catalyze international action for its sustainable use.

The Vatican Archives is now available for insight. Some of the most preserved secrets are revealed. The most interesting information is found in a letter from Djengis Kahn grandson, Küyük, to Pave Innocent IV in Rome 1246. Küyük is not known as the most human person in the history, and he wanted to forced the pave to kneel for him.

Happy New Year 2010! Just as we did in the end of earlier year, we went back through our entire news archive for the previous year and selected articles that received most attention from our readers. As we have taken the step into the New Year, we found it interesting to look back and reflect on some of the adventures and discoveries that made our readers really excited.

In the 4th and last part of the documentary on NRK television 29th December 2009 called Sweet Swan of Avon - The Shakespeare Treasure, the Norwegian code cracker Petter Amundsen launched an amazing theory: the New Temple of God is hidden underground on Oak Island, Novia Scotia, in Canada. In this temple Shakespeare`s manuscripts are also stored.

The Norwegican code cracker Petter Amundsen claims that Shakespeare is not Shakespeare! Who is Shakespeare then? Who has written the world famous plays if it`s not Shakespeare? And what has this to do with the mystery on Oak Island?