In 2018, 26-year-old American missionary John Allen Chau illegally travelled to North Sentinel Island, determined to make contact with one of the world’s most isolated peoples.

But the story didn’t begin with that final journey. This is the story of the obsession that consumed much of his life, the people he was determined to reach, and the long and complicated history of outsiders trying to make contact with North Sentinel Island.

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In May 2026, five experienced divers entered a deep underwater cave system in the Maldives. None of them came out alive.

This is the story of the Maldives cave diving tragedy, the rescue operation that followed, and the unanswered questions around why experienced ocean divers entered a cave they were not trained or equipped to escape.

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In 1995, Swedish climber Göran Kropp loaded 200 pounds of gear into a bike trailer and started pedalling from Sweden toward Nepal. His plan was to ride to Everest, climb it alone without bottled oxygen, and ride home.

He arrived in the spring of 1996, the deadliest season in Everest's history.
This is the story of Göran Kropp: the bike ride, the climb, the disaster, and the decision that defined everything.

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