expedition

He said he was excited to be "back on the road again" in his first major expedition since running the length of Africa.

In 1806, the Russians sailed into San Francisco Bay, essentially on a shopping expedition to feed its outpost in Sitka.

A decade later, Sella reached new heights - both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi.

She joined archaeological expeditions to recover 15,000-year-old bones, bridging the past and present.

Edd Rayner, who lives near Mr Kirk, said every journey was "an expedition".