Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
There really isn't much of a theme to tie these 39 photographs together, other than that they were all taken in the air, looking down. But, my, there are some beauties. Worth a few minutes of anyone's time
Surely not, I hear you say. What with teams monitoring the ice daily, satellite imaging and ship radar. But you'd be wrong. There were 57 incidents involving icebergs in the 25 years to 2005. Fewer now, but still the odd cruise ship
Visiting an Antarctic research lab: "Nestled firmly in my harness, I'm lowered down the chimney-like hole until I find footing on an ice bridge. The crevasse yawns, bottomless, below me and as far as I can see in either direction"
Utterly gripping account of Douglas Mawson's 1912-13 Antarctic expedition. Unimaginable hardship in the cause of science. Mawson's hair fell out, skin peeled off. He survived only by bathing his eyes in cocaine and eating his dogs
Scott's Antarctic expedition included little-known mission to collect Emperor penguin eggs for scientific research. Three of the men faced a six-week trek in foul conditions. Dobbs picks up their story. Don't ask about the eggs
"There are many time-honored Scandinavian traditions. Dogsledding is not one of them." But that's no reason not to give it a go. Writer travels to the Arctic Circle for a five-day, 160-mile husky-powered journey across the tundra
Camille Seaman went to Alaska and headed out to walk across the ice towards Russia. The experience generated a passion for Arctic landscapes and she became a specialist iceberg photographer. Here are 10 of her finest images
Good travel writing should be "a species of trespass combined with true discovery". Having a bad time is helpful. "I want to read about the miserable, difficult, inhospitable places; the forbidden cities and the back roads"
The headline speaks for itself. There are some extraordinarily striking, and well-composed, images among these 100 photographs taken out of airplane windows all over the world
Stunning audio slideshow of entries for Travel Photographer of the Year. Competition promoted by Royal Geographical Society, some of whose best archive images are interspersed among this year's entrants. Seven minutes well spent
Breathtakingly beautiful photo-essay recording varied Antarctic environment. As the tourists and scientists retreat for the season and head north, sit back and enjoy the most remarkable sights from the region of the past year
Image from Wikimedia Commons
