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Mexico: Hurricane Patricia is the Strongest Storm Ever Recorded
Mexico’s Pacific coast on high alert Oct 23rd, 2015 Patricia — the strongest hurricane ever recorded — barreled closer and closer Friday morning to Mexico’s Pacific coast, where residents have been told to brace for its 200-mph sustained winds and torrential rains. The Miami-based meteorological center, in its 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) advisory,…
Globalstar Supports NGO's and Refugees in Greece
Helping People in Crisis Stay in Touch With FamilyOct 28th, 2015Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE MKT:GSAT) and its partner, first responder communications specialist Disaster Tech Lab, are working together to assist the victims of the European and Middle East refugee crisis by dispatching satellite communications solutions to the Greek island of Lesbos, which has received over 20,000…
Explorer Henry Worsley hopes to be the first to cross Antarctica unaided
Icy race to the South PoleHenry Worsley’s voice has the frayed quality of sound that’s traveled a long, long way.“We are underway at last,” he huffs into a satellite phone, sounding tired after a day out on the snow. “The surface is kind, soft in places, but firm enough not to be totally demoralizing. My…
XGate Satellite Data Service Keeps You Connected
WHY USE XGATE? XGate satellite phone email is the easy way to access email while on the water or in remote locations. XGate is simply the fastest , easiest and most reliable satellite phone email available, saving you time, money and frustration. Without XGate, satellite communication has a lot of hurdles: uncompressed email or web-browsing…
Canadian Artist Cory Trépanier Stays Connected in the Remote Arctic
Connecting a Window to the Arcticby Cory TrépanierSeven weeks into my nine week Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter expedition and I found myself sitting on a desolate beach on Devon Island, along the famed Northwest Passage. I had covered over 16,000 kms so far through some of the most remote and spectacular corners of the Canadian…
Satellite Connectivity in the Remote Amazon Jungle
Deep in the Amazon Jungle of Brazil 11 December 2015 Seasoned adventurer James Ketchell’s latest challenge took him deep into the Amazon jungle of Brazil in search of the latest off-the-beaten-track experience for travel company Rare Adventures. Throughout the two-week trip James wanted to share the amazing sights of the Amazon via social media, but…
Astronaut Uses Sat Phone to Make First Call Back on Earth
Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in spaceWelcome back to Earth, Astronaut Scott Kelly!After a monumental 340 days circling 200 miles above Earth, Kelly touched down in Kazakhstan after accruing more time in space than any American before him.Recovery crews hoisted Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov out of…
5 Men Attempt to Break the Transatlantic Rowing Record.
Atlantic rowers past halfway point in fundraising challenge14 March 2016: Record-making Atlantic rowers Team Essence have passed the midway point in their 3,308 nautical mile challenge.Their achievement in the face of potential disasters including capsizing three times was celebrated in a tweet from British astronaut Tim Peake as the International Space Station passed over their position on…
Staying Connected on the Trail
The iSatPhone Pro 2 is a wise choice for the Great Outdoors. If you’ve embarked on high adventure, you know the dangers that can come from being out of cell phone range. Making a trek without a working mobile phone and no way to communicate puts your life at risk if there’s no way to call…
Wilderness Expert Steve MCclure Urges Hikers to Embrace Modern Technology.
Satellite communications could save your life. Steve McClure wants to change the way wilderness wanderers think about navigation tools. McClure, 57, has been hiking, climbing and scrambling since he took his first trip to Mount Rainier’s Klapatche Park as a child in the 1960s. Navigation piqued his interest from the start. “To be out in…