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Steve Fossett - the daredevil US tycoon who repeatedly defied death while breaking world records by sea, air and land.
A businessman helps polar explorers complete their expeditions safely thanks to a gap in the market created by global warming.
A show dog microchipped in New Zealand is found tied to a gate outside a Sheffield pub.
Dundee city centre is hit with the worst flooding in years after a deluge of rain and a high tide, firefighters say.
Scientists test the missile technology they hope will drive instruments into the surface of the Moon.
Two British men are set to return after successfully crossing the world's largest glacier in Greenland.
BBC Scotland reporter Louise Stewart has been awarded a fellowship to study links between Scotland and North America
"I had one crash where I thought 'I'm not going to make it'"
Two explorers complete an expedition from the Magnetic North Pole to the Magnetic South Pole.
Visiting 135 cities in 20 countries, covering 137,000 kms in 130 days. How does the Olympic flame stay alight?
An adventurer who hoped to become the first woman to trek solo and unsupported to the North Pole abandons her trip.
A lecturer and part-time soldier is hoping to learn new skills from an endurance walk in Greenland.
A 37-year-old canoeist dies after becoming trapped in a weir on the River Calder, near Halifax.
Britain's Kristan Bromley becomes the first bob slider to win the European, World and World Championship crowns in the same season.
A team of 10 drawn from the regular Army and the TA prepare to recreate an ice cap crossing.
An optometrist completes a 700-mile ski journey to the South Pole as part of research into diseases of the eyes.
Two intrepid explorers from Kent gear up to take part in one of the most challenging races in the world.
Former jockey Richard Dunwoody treks to the South Pole, calling it his "greatest achievement".
Britain's Kristan Bromley wins his third consecutive skeleton European title after coming second at the World Cup in Italy.
A selection of some of the most striking images from around the world on 17 January 2008.
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