For this would-be explorer, the closest equivalent to Tom Sawyer's fence-hopping is turning on a video game - if his mother doesn't stop him.

Perhaps the Baron's word was considered sufficient deterrent to would-be explorers.

All spring, would-be explorers have been stopping off to load up their rucksacks and get the latest news on what can be seen.

No man knew its extent because no would-be explorer had ever returned.

It was after that that reports of would-be explorers getting out of hand at me forest began.

Thank goodness Nancy Lord has escaped the laziness that afflicts so many would-be explorers.

Nansen was now considered an oracle by all would-be explorers of the north and south polar regions.

The scores of would-be explorers had nothing to do but grit their teeth and practice patience.

No obvious paths lead from the island's shores to its interior, and would-be explorers must cut their own trails.

Its windows were boarded and the city erected a chain-link fence to keep out would-be explorers.