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Top Adventure Job of 2010
Winter, along with the start of a brand-new year, tends to put us in a reflective mood. I guess that’s why the January issues of many magazines are now full of “best of” lists for last year.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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News & More
Can You Hear the Call of the Northern Wild?
While “the Arctic” may conjure up images of sprawling icefields and endless snow-mantled landscapes, polar bears, and fur-clad Inuit bundled against the cold, it’s a whole different scenario in the summertime. Check out these amazing Arctic adventures for your next summer vacation!
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Great Adventure Reads for Winter Nights
While many Explorers’ Corner clients could write their own gripping adventure travel sagas, take a look at some of these titles to inspire your next trip, vicarious or otherwise!
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Conservation
Eating Goose Eggs and Other Culinary Adventures
The statistics regarding a worldwide climate trend toward global warming and the resultant loss of biodiversity are alarming—and attention getting, to say the least. Most of us have heard the often-quoted statement that the planet’s polar bears could be gone by the year 2050.
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Travel Tips
8 Affordable Gifts for Avid Adventurers
Looking for a holiday gift for the adventure traveler in your life, or need some ideas for your own wish list to share with Santa? Start with these — innovative gadgets and gear that will enhance any explorer’s experience without breaking your bank.
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News & More
Real-Time vs. Reflective Adventures
“Wish you were here.” It’s the archetypal message on a picture postcard, sent from a friend or family member in some far-off holiday or vacation spot. In fact, the expression has become so cliché that you can now find postcards with the sentiment already preprinted.
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Travel Tips
Where Adventure Lives: Outside the Routine
I’m writing this week from a place not many would associate with exciting destinations for adventure travel: Greater Los Angeles. My family and I are here to share Thanksgiving with relatives and see a few sights. But even the most mundane travels need not be without an infusion of adventure, I long ago discovered.
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News & More
Adventure on the Cruise Ship "Splendor"—Really?
When the Carnival cruise ship Splendor was towed into the San Diego Harbor late last week after being stranded off the coast of Mexico by an engine fire, many news reporters and bloggers commented that the 3,299 passengers and 1,167 crew had endured an “adventure at sea.”
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Conservation
Narwhals: Helping track climate change in the Arctic
Learn how narwhals, the odd-looking Arctic whales with single, unicorn-like tusks, are furthering climate research efforts by helping oceanographers measure wintertime temperatures of the sea beneath the pack ice in Baffin Bay.
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Armchair adventure almost as exhilarating as being there
When you can’t be out bagging peaks or surfing monster waves yourself, go for the vicarious adrenaline boost with a good adventure travel read. Here are a few titles I’ve found captivating: what are your recommendations?
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Nature & Wildlife
Adventure in the Ellipses: Elk
Ever since elk were reintroduced to Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in 1995, I’ve wanted to see them roaming freely in my home state. Last month, my dream was realized—twice.
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Test Your Traveler's Knowledge!
As a global adventurer, you probably delight in testing your knowledge of the geographic esoterica of our planet. Here are a few questions to challenge you, plus a link to a whole slate of travel trivia quizzes.