TWE Blog
Travel Writer Pam Mandel Wins Solas Award
Posted March 21, 2013 @ 2:59pm | by Rick
Congratulations to travel writer and blogger Pam Mandel, for her Solas Award, which she won based on an essay “Seven,” written after her trip to Antarctica, sponsored by TravelWild...
Emperor Penguins in the News
Posted February 19, 2013 @ 1:20pm | by TravelWild
When satellite imagery showed what turned out to be a giant swath of penguin excrement in eastern Antarctica, penguin researchers became really excited at the prospect of a previously unknown...
Tags: Alain Hubert, BBC spy cams, newly discovered emperor penguin colony, penguins
Look! A frozen tsunami
Posted November 30, 2012 @ 7:16pm | by TravelWild
This photo of ice in Antarctica does look like an oncoming tsunami wave, frozen in midair, but it’s actually compressed ice. Lacking air bubbles, the ice is so thick it’s able to...
International science mission
Posted October 22, 2012 @ 7:16pm | by TravelWild
To complement the news of this year’s smallest ice coverage in the Arctic (in the satellite record) comes the discovery of Antarctica’s largest ice extent, leading to naysaying,...
Tags: Antarctic sea ice, Aurora Australis, climate change, SIPEX-II
Expedition remedies, circa 1912
Posted October 22, 2012 @ 7:14pm | by TravelWild
When travelers book a trip to Antarctica or the Arctic with TravelWild Expeditions, they receive the benefit of Dennis Mense’s extensive experience to the far reaches of both polar...
Tags: Empire Antarctica, Gavin Francis, Heroic Age of Exploration
Antarctica: the cooks, musicians, doctors,
Posted September 12, 2012 @ 7:13pm | by TravelWild
Maria Semple, in her acclaimed new novel, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” “asks Seattle to laugh at itself” and takes readers through a joyful romp of not just life in...
Tags: Antarctic soundscapes, Antony Dubber, Bernadette Fox, Cheryl Leonard, Maria Semple
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