Fieldwork,
made explorable.
Interactive stories about science fieldwork.
Most science writing tells you what researchers found. Exped puts you on the rocky shore beside them: flying alongside the robot boat as it photographs a calving glacier, or descending past the halocline of a sea you thought was empty.
Each expedition is an immersive world built from a real field campaign, navigated chapter by chapter, with its own AI-driven droid as your companion: answering questions, pointing things out, and only ever speaking from that expedition’s research.
Real places
Every expedition is built from a specific field campaign: real coordinates, real seasons, real research questions. You stand where the scientists stood.
A guide of your own
Each story has its own AI-driven droid as a companion: ASK-01 in the Baltic, SAL-01 on the glacier. Trained only on that expedition’s research, they answer the questions a linear story can’t anticipate.
Source-bound
Every claim tracks back to peer-reviewed papers and named field campaigns. Sources visible in the menu, always: never invented, never hand-waved.
Real stories.
Real science. Head into the field.
The Baltic Sea
Dive into one of Earth’s most threatened seas. Meet pike, perch, cod, and a stickleback swarm; surface a shipwreck; trace the dead zone.
- Droid
- ASK-01
- Chapters
- 4
- Stages
- 19
- Year
- 2024
Nordic Glaciers
Approach a calving glacier in Arctic Sweden. Stand on the shore, ride alongside a robot survey boat, watch a sérac collapse.
- Droid
- SAL-01
- Chapters
- 2
- Stages
- 13
- Year
- 2024
Caves of Kyrgyzstan
Drone-photograph the limestone of the Kok-Kiya region in the Tien Shan. Rappel into caves first spotted from the air, walk the river that led to them.
- Droid
- DRON-3
- Chapters
- 1
- Stages
- 9
- Year
- 2025
Marine Lakes
Descend into a sea trapped inside a karst island. Pass through the warm surface, a jellyfish swarm, the halocline, and the dead zone below.
- Droid
- LAKE-01
- Chapters
- 1
- Stages
- 7
- Year
- 2025
Next Expedition
A new fieldwork story is in development. Site selection, pilot survey, and a fresh droid companion are underway.
- Droid
- -
- Chapters
- -
- Stages
- -
- Year
- 2026
Live expeditions are
invite-only during beta.
The intro is open to anyone, but each expedition is gated while we’re still wiring up edges. Tell us a little about yourself and we’ll send you a password.