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The important ethical questions behind the Russian drilling of Antarctica's Lake Vostok...

Not long ago the small towns of New Zealand’s gold country were all but dead—the luster from the gold rush of the late 1800’s had long faded and the railroad between the mining communities had grown obsolete. With dwindled economic...

With the highest mountains in world and latitude similar to the state of Florida, Nepal has tremendous variation in climates. The lowland plains are tropical, the midland hills are temperate, and the high mountains have sub-arctic and arctic conditions...

World-renowned Milford Sound is the pearl of New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park. The 15-kilometer length of mysterious dark waters is lined by 4,000-foot rock walls, the peaks of which remain snow-capped during all...

The Tongariro Crossing—officially renamed the “Tongariro Alpine Crossing” in 2007 to more accurately portray its difficulty...

Exploring the fjords and icebergs of remote East Greenland while avoiding the polar bears...

For a place as far north as Alaska and Siberia, cold and unpredictable weather comes with the territory. Yet Norway’s favorable location next to the Gulf Stream keeps the country’s climate milder than expected...

An interview with legendary adventurer Gary Neptune of Neptune Mountaineering. Among his many accomplishments...

Located at the top of the South Island east of Abel Tasman National Park, the Marlborough Sounds are as easy going as anywhere in New Zealand. Most of the wooded hillsides and peaceful bays are inaccessible by road...

New Zealand’s Northland region, often referred to as the Far North, stretches to the uppermost tip of New Zealand’s North Island. Bordered to the west by the Tasman Sea and to the east by the Pacific Ocean, this slender sub-tropical peninsula...

Tongariro National Park on the North Island is a place far removed from the lush rainforests of the South Island, yet this volcanic wonderland is among New Zealand’s most striking landscapes. Established in 1887...

Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile is the crown jewel of Patagonia...