expeditions
Planned discovery trips
Expeditions are journeys undertaken for a specific purpose, typically exploration, research, or military action.
The word suggests organized effort and planning: a polar expedition, a scientific expedition to the Amazon.
By extension, any purposeful outing can be called an expedition, often with mild humor about its ambition: a shopping expedition, an expedition to the grocery store.
Wildlife observation journey
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- questSeeking journey for something
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
diving · rafting · kayaking · climbing · backpacking · canoeing · sailing · snowboarding
Journey by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- excursionBrief recreational trip
caravan · itinerary · traverse · circuit · overland · passage · crossing · route
Act of finding something
- unchartedNot yet documented
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
frontier · navigate · mapping · surveying · archaeology · ethnography · oceanography · conquistador
Organized effort toward goal
- forceStrength or compulsion
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
logistics · tactical · maneuver · brigade · battalion · platoon · squadron · infantry
safari
Wildlife observation journey
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- questSeeking journey for something
caving · diving · rafting · kayaking · climbing · backpacking · canoeing · sailing · snowboarding · skiing
voyage
Journey by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
excursion · caravan · itinerary · traverse · circuit · overland · passage · crossing · route · destination
discovery
Act of finding something
- unchartedNot yet documented
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
territory · frontier · navigate · mapping · surveying · archaeology · ethnography · oceanography · conquistador · Magellan
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- forceStrength or compulsion
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
reconnaissance · logistics · tactical · maneuver · brigade · battalion · platoon · squadron · infantry · marines
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- African explorationDavid Livingstone, Henry Stanley, explorers, Richard Burton, exploration
- Arctic ExplorationNorth Pole, Arctic, polar exploration, Arctic Circle, Northwest Passage
- Tudor explorationSir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Cabot, Golden Hind, Roanoke
- Viking explorationLeif Erikson, Erik the Red, Vinland, longships, Iceland
expeditionserrands
Brief purposeful outings
day trips · neighborhood walks · jaunts · outings · commutes
expeditionsstays
Remains in place
encampments · settlements · remaining · delays · blockages
- Ford ExpeditionFull-size sport utility vehicle
- mountain expeditionsJourneys to scale peaks
- fishing expeditionOuting to catch aquatic creatures
- research expeditionsPlanned trips for discovery
- on a fishing expeditionSearching without specific target
- lost expedition