The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...

Two interstate climbers who became trapped on top of the Totem Pole at Tasmania's Cape Hauy have been rescued overnight. Police said they became aware about 6pm on Tuesday night that two people ...

All individual pitches of the original climb up the Totem Pole in Tasmania, Australia, were freed in January by Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins. News from downunder sometimes takes time to sicker ...

Used with permission, copyright Mike Dangeli. Some groups painted their poles while others did not. The two most common colors on the Northwest Coast totem poles are red and black. These colors have ...

Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis: Kootéeyaa akaaach’ák’w. He carved a totem pole. Keihéenák’w John Martin: Yóo ḵawdudziteey i duwasáakw kootéeyaa. The thing being carved is called kootéeyaa.

Police say two climbers spent the night atop of the Totem Pole in Tasmania's south-east after their ropes became "entangled" in high winds. Several attempt were made to rescue the pair by air and ...