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Black Tomato launches Epic Tomato, an ambitious new adventure offshoot
For years Black Tomato has delighted old travel hands with its inventive, bespoke itineraries to various corners of the globe. The company is especially good at showcasing beautiful destinations not yet well-known to most travelers beyond the surrounding region. Among ...Missing Antarctic yacht update: life raft found, ship still missing
Search and rescue teams discovered a life raft adrift in the Southern Ocean yesterday that they say is from the Berserk, a Norwegian-flagged yacht that went missing earlier in the week. The raft was spotted by a helicopter that had been combing the area the past few days, ...Missing Antarctic yacht update: two crew members found
Yesterday we posted a story about a Norwegian yacht that went missing in the Antarctic with five crew members aboard. Two of those crew members have now been located, alive and well, on the continent itself, and they are reportedly providing clues that could help search and ...Norwegian yacht goes missing off Antarctica
A Norwegian-flagged yacht known as the Berserk has gone missing off the coast of Antarctica after activating its emergency rescue beacon yesterday. The 14-meter, steel hulled ship was last known to be sailing rough seas in the Southern Ocean approximately 18 nautical miles ...New website promises travelers much better adventures
A new website calling itself Much Better Adventures launched recently with a unique approach to providing travelers with a new option for finding opportunities to explore adventure destinations across the globe. The site serves as a guide for travelers looking for first hand ...Another tourist season ends in Antarctica
Hopefully this will be my last update on the 2010-2011 Antarctic tourist season, which is winding down.
Upwards of 35,000 visitors have visited the Peninsula aboard more than 35 different ships. The majority left from Ushuaia, Argentina, and returned there without ...Japanese call off whale hunting season -- end of Whale Wars?
Despite the seemingly good news from the Southern Ocean – that Japanese whalers have stopped hunting – activists and governments alike are waiting on formal word that they have truly stopped for the season.
There is concern the "suspension" could be some kind ...A mid-season whale wars update from the Sea Shepherd
The Sea Shepherd's Southern Ocean season – dubbed "Operation No Compromise" -- is more than half over and reports so far it may be having its best season of protest ever.
How to measure? Very few whales taken by the Japanese whaling fleet and no ships sunk on either ...The ten essentials of hiking and why you need them
Hikers and backpackers are no doubt already familiar with the "Ten Essentials", which is a list of important items that we should always carry with us when heading out on to the trail. The list has had several iterations over the years, but the original can be traced back to ...GoingSocialTV debuts
Travel video is really popular. Following the adventures of travel people all over the world or researching where you might go next, video is cool. Social media is really popular too. Facebook and Twitter have made that world a bit smaller and easier to navigate. A new TV ...Underwater suburbia planned in "Aquatica"
Dreamers have been imagining human life undersea for centuries. The most successful in turning that dream into reality have come up with musty, mobile-home-like contraptions tethered to barges or hooked by massive hoses to land where committed marine biologists toil for a ...Robots in Antarctica? Closer than you think!
Who could have guessed that Antarctica – the world's driest desert, where typically it barely snows during the summer months and the sun pounds down with nearly 24/7 predictability from November through February – that this season solar power would be proving a ...4 reasons why you need a Travel Expert in your pocket
This is the person you want to have on your side when planning travel. Not a Travel Agent, many of them are order takers who fill in the blanks on computer screens. Others try to be everything to everyone and that is just not possible.
Your Travel Expert specializes in ...Whale Wars continue -- despite Wikileaks
That the Sea Shepherd's and Japanese whalers are skirmishing again -- a recent tête-à-tête included the sling shotting of stink bombs (by the Shepherds) and false attempts to ram (by the Japanese) -- the bigger news was the Wikileaks release of ...Breaking: Antarctic tourist ship "Polar Star" on the rocks
The Antarctic tourist ship "Polar Star" is apparently stable after striking "an uncharted" rock off Detaille Island yesterday, several hundred miles down the Antarctic Peninsula. According to Captain Jacke Majer and a press release from the International Association of ...Skier sets South Pole speed record
Norwegian explorer Christian Eide has set a new speed record for traveling to the South Pole on skis, smashing the previous record by more than two weeks and setting a new standard for Antarctic expeditions to follow.
Eide set out from Hercules Inlet, located along the ...Travelers stranded in Punta Arenas, Chile due to strikes, road blocks
Thousands of travelers were left stranded in Punta Arenas, Chile over the past few days due to protests, general strikes, and road blocks throughout the region. Unrest exploded in the area late last week when the Chilean government announced plans to raise the price of fuel ...Photo of the day (01.07.11)
An iceberg seems like the perfect image for today, at least from where I'm sitting in Brooklyn, NY, as I watch snow flurries float down every which way against the backdrop of a brick building. It's winter, basically. Why fight it? This gorgeously detailed image of an ...16-year old girl climbing tallest mountain in Antarctica
While most girls her age are more concerned about which boys will be asking them out this weekend, Crina Popescu has loftier goals in mind. The 16-year old Romanina girl is currently in Antarctica, where she is climbing Mt. Vinson, the tallest mountain on that continent. If ...British team sets new speed record for Antarctic crossing
In late November, a group of British adventurers and scientists set off on a mission to the interior of the Antarctic continent in specially designed research vehicles. Their plan was to undertake several environmental research experiments while journeying through one of the ...
