Women Explorers

The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers - an organization of adventurous female world explorers - and how key members served as early advocates for human rights and paved the way for today's women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the high seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and literature.

Have you ever had to rebuild from the ashes? From a devastation. From a valley experience. From a challenge that’s almost insurmountable. Maybe You experienced a disappointments that felt like, “You’re can’t overcome this.” I’ve been there. The days when faith felt fragile. The nights when hope felt tenuous. But I learned something in the fire: I learned that the struggle isn’t the end of the story—it’s the beginning.

A thoughtful and eloquent meditation that invites us to treat life like a grand exploration and illuminates the possibilities that await us when we do—from “a philosophical adventurer—or perhaps an adventurous philosopher” (The New York Times). Erling Kagge is one of the world’s most...