expedition log
Explorer's written account
An expedition log is a record of events, observations, and progress kept during a journey or exploration.
Historically associated with sea voyages and scientific expeditions, the term now applies to any systematic documentation of a trip: The expedition log noted weather conditions and wildlife sightings.
In gaming and fiction, expedition logs often serve as narrative devices revealing backstory.
- journalRecord of daily events
- voyageJourney by sea
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- trekArduous overland journey
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
discovery · explorer · base camp · wilderness · navigation · compass · terrain · mapping · captain · ship · frontier · documentation · outpost · supply depot · supplies · rations · uncharted · uncharted territory
- explorationexploration, explore, voyage, voyages, journey
- recordsbirth records, world record, record, Guinness, documents
- expedition documentsmap, field notes, journal, captain's log, navigation chart
- exploration storiestravel memoir, sea adventures, sea voyage, jungle trek, desert crossings
- nature writingnature writing, Walden, nature poems, wilderness, nature journal
- historieschronicle, annals, historical record, historical account, historical narrative
expedition logmap
Spatial representation of terrain
chart · photograph · diagram · blueprint · atlas
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