Will scientists find DNA on Clotilda? Plus, a historic ascent of Everest
| CLOTILDA YIELDS ITS SECRETS | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIEL FIORE, ALABAMA HISTORICAL COMMISSION | | By the fiery light of a burning ship, the criminals tried to cover up their horrific abduction and enslavement of 110 African people just delivered to Alabama.
This week, nearly 162 years after the blaze, divers and archeologists announced the discovery of charred timbers and other traces of the coverup from the sunken Clotilda, the last-known American slave ship.
“A number of artifacts have come up, and with some of them, dramatic evidence of the fire and the sinking,” archaeologist and chief investigator James Delgado tells Nat Geo. (Pictured above, recovery efforts, which have been funded in part by the National Geographic Society.)
Read the full story here. Plus: Clotilda’s enduring legacy
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 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY ELIAS WILLIAMS | | | Looking for answers: Clotilda descendants Emmett Lewis (top left), Vernetta Henson (top right), Wanda Patrice Henderson (bottom left), and Patricia Frazier (bottom right), share an intense interest in the discoveries from the sunken ship. “I want to learn my history,” Frazier says. “I want to learn where I came from.” | | | |
| The land of thrills: “It is such a joy for me to take the people I love most to my most loved place,” Chris Burkard writes of Iceland. There are the waterfalls, glaciers, rivers, and hot springs. The photographer captured the image above during a stop at Iceland's oldest manmade swimming pool, through which geothermal water flows naturally.
Related: A wild new Icelandic road trip
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 | PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL SHI, GETTY IMAGES
| | | Georgia on our minds: Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia’s southernmost and largest barrier island, was established in 1972. Still largely undeveloped, the secluded beach is home to more than 300 species of birds, feral horses (seen above), wild boar, and alligators. Georgia’s geographically diverse coast packs in a lot from historic towns to nutrient-rich marshlands, attracting thousands of tourists visit each year. | | | |
 | | Whenever I am about to depart for a voyage, I begin to feel a humility that reflects a deep respect for the ocean and the navigators who have traversed its seas for hundreds of years before me. I feel that I could always study more, but understand that learning is an endless endeavor, making us students for as long as we live. | | | | Lehua Kamalu | | First woman to captain and navigate a long-distance ocean voyage; Nat Geo Emerging Explorer | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH BY NICKSPLACE, GETTY IMAGES
| | | Skip the hotel: In New Zealand, a country known for its mountains and coastlines, hiking is a way of life. And the best way to see the scenery? A hut, of course. Some are your two-bunk basics. Others are architectural beauties that overlook glaciers. One has been around for more than a hundred years, hosting countless hikers, Nat Geo reports. If you’re up for it, take a seven-hour hike to Mount Brown Hut (pictured above) on the west coast. | | | |
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