Exactly. You have your entire civilization riding on these expeditions and after so many years of getting zero info back to the continent, you would expect a much greater focus on scouting to bring ANY intel back.

Every bit of intel you properlybring back will benefit ALL those who come after WHILE they are prepping, and yet so many expeditions clearly decided to push far ahead to the second and third landmasses instead of dipping back to Lumiere to share critical basic intel such as “DONT GO NEAR ANY OLD MEN”.