Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author John Ross discusses John Wesley Powell's vision for settlement west of fothe 100th meridian. John Wesley Powell understood the limits of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author John Ross talks about John Powell's theory of homesteading and the 100th meridian. Author John Ross talks about John Powell's theory of ...

Trekking 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) by foot and sled over Arctic ice to survey a distant, unexplored mountain range may feel heroic — until that mountain range turns out to be a mirage. That ...

Powell, who became the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1881, identified the 100th meridian as a line of demarcation between the humid eastern side of the country and the arid west.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- New research shows that drier conditions are shifting east, and that means they are moving closer to Minnesota. The 100th meridian line is typically the boundary that ...

Polar adventurer marks 100th birthday, 81 years after his Antarctica expedition Robert Johnson, 100, is believed to be the last living member of Adm. Richard Byrd's pre-World War II polar expeditions.

Join the Next Meridian Expedition! Nick & Mathilde are road-tripping the world in their Land Rover Defender, exploring new cultures, making friends, and sharing incredible adventures.

The new exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to lead the first expedition to cross Antarctica. The Bowers Museum is hosting a children’s event Oct. 20 ...

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg skies on the South Pole on December 12, 2011. Up to 150 people are expected to be at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on December 14, 2011 including ...

Polar adventurer marks 100th birthday, ... At 19, Johnson was the youngest member of Adm. Richard Byrd’s 1939 expedition to Antarctica aboard the USS Bear, a 19th-century, ...