More from Sean Kingsley
Does Hollywood Get Pirates Right? An Explorer Dives Deep.
From Captain Blood to Jack Sparrow to an upcoming Ridley Scott take on ‘Treasure Island,’ onscreen swashbucklers have often been box-office gold. But how much is true? Researchers in the Bahamas tracked down answers.
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Is There Truth to the Fountain of Youth? The Origins of the Myth that Inspired Guy Ritchie’s New Movie
The search for the waters of eternal life has fascinated figures from Gilgamesh to the conquistadors to Hollywood studio chiefs. It’s been mostly — but perhaps not entirely — wishful thinking.
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After Exploring Shipwrecks Worldwide, I’ve Never Seen Anything as Mind-Blowing as Nat Geo’s Titanic ‘Digital Resurrection’
Two underwater robots and 715,000 images have surfaced something to behold.
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Ernest Shackleton’s “Stunning” Footage Comes to Life 110 Years Later With Nat Geo’s ‘Endurance’
Premiering at the BFI London Film Festival, and soon to stream on Disney+, the doc alternates between the explorer's legendary Antarctic expedition and the 2022 mission to find the wreck of his ship.
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