The Enduring Age of Exploration: Bound for Antarctica
The age of exploration, we’re told, is over. We will never be the first to sail the Drake Passage, cross the Sahara, or trek the Himalayas. But we can still discover new frontiers....
The age of exploration, we’re told, is over. We will never be the first to sail the Drake Passage, cross the Sahara, or trek the Himalayas. But we can still discover new frontiers....
Millions of butterflies cluster; centuries of cultures congregate; snowmelt thunders to the coast; caribou dash through the tundra; wildebeest run for their lives. The jaw-dropping phenomenon of migration is around us — don’t miss it...
This UNESCO World Heritage site, comprising 30 rock-cut Buddhist prayer halls, meditation chambers, and monasteries that dated from the 2nd century BCE to the 5th century AD, had remained hidden by jungle, dirt, animals, and brush for more than 1,000 years...
My first impression was of a city beige and worn, but as I quickly found out, there is more to Fes than initially meets the eye....
My five friends and I walked to the edge of the black stone jetty. As we stood along southern New Jersey’s coast, waves from the Atlantic surged and shot up around us. I looked just beyond the rocks, where I would normally paddle out on...