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Get amongst it on some of the wildest islands you can imagine.
Wrangel Island: Isolation, Desolation and Tragedy
– the latest ‘must-see’ polar travel destination. this story currently offline Grab Facts: Location: N71 o W180o – approximately 500 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle above Siberia. Sovereignty: Russia Area: 4,507 km2 – about twice the size of the ACT Nominal Capital: Ushakovskoye Permanent Population: about 100 Major Wildlife: Polar bears, Pacific Walrus, Arctic […]
Outta The Way – It’s B15a!
Sounding more like a World War Two bomber than an age-old natural phenomenon, Iceberg B15a is nonetheless set on a course of destruction deep in the Antarctic. Unlike their more creative meteorological colleagues, the (US) National Ice Center name bergs based on their geographical origin rather than use popular Christian names like, say, Gloria or […]
Michael Palin Goes the Dzong in Bhutan
“If the fabled Shangri-La exists beyond the legend, this is it.” – Michael Palin English comic and now celebrated travel documentary maker, Michael Palin, is currently enthralling television audiences with his enriching odyssey, Himalaya.* Over six, one hour episodes and through a lavish accompanying book, Michael regales the viewer with his adventures through the various […]
Lone Father Starves For Months in Freezing Conditions While Raising Young
As politicians and union officials debate the many facets of parental leave, Australia’s longest established tour operator to Antarctica, Adventure Associates, reminds us of some exemplary behaviour already existing in the natural kingdom. The largest of the world’s 17 species of penguin, the majestic Emperor of Antarctica, raises its young on the hard sea-ice of […]
PETANQUE
The aim of the game of Pétanque is simple, quoting partly from the BPA Coaching Course. If playing football is kicking a ball into the opposite goal and keeping it out of your own, playing pétanque is placing your boule nearer to the cochonet (coche) and keeping your opponents boule away. In fact the first […]
Bhutan: A Place for Travellers and Magicians
Few people could answer even the most basic trivia questions on the isolated mountain kingdom of Bhutan. And for centuries, that’s exactly the way the deeply religious Bhutanese have liked it. Only in the last decade or so has the Kingdom of Bhutan opened even slightly to the outside world. Tourists arrive in an orderly, […]
Kamchatka: Where Giant Gomuls Roast Whole Whales Over the Fires of Volcanoes
Long hidden behind the impenetrable veil of Soviet secrecy, the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russian Far East is now becoming an irresistible wilderness location for expeditioners in search of unexplored locations. Kamchatka was born of fire, like the Earth itself. For most of the Earth, though, the violence of creation ended long ago. Kamchatka has never […]
Miss Universe Compere Declares Galapagos “The Wildlife Adventure of a Lifetime”
The recent Miss Universe competition has the put the spotlight on the tiny South American nation of Ecuador, and with our own Jennifer Hawkins triumphing in the coveted title, Australians are now in no doubt about the little nation’s cultural and natural allure. Sydney’s Adventure Associates, coincidently located in the same part of Sydney as […]
Russell Crowe Stars in The Galapagos’ First Ever Feature Film
In the highest traditions of swashbuckling adventure, Australian Russell Crowe portrays Captain “Lucky” Jack Aubrey in the current blockbuster “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”. Acclaimed filmmaker and another Australian, Peter Weir, excels even himself with the authenticity and sheer high drama of this landmark period adventure. Weir, well known for his […]
