North of normal

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In the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, snowmobiles outnumber people, tra

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Alastair MacDonald Jackson spent two years visiting as many of Scotland’s west coast islands as possible. Here he showcases some of the greatest wonders of the west – and offers practical advice on how to see them

Fortean Times

Strange continent

“There are too many women traveling luxuriously in ‘Darkest Africa’. Eskimos of Disco, Greenland, are publishing a newspaper,” Charles Fort wrote in New Lands. So I checked whether there were still ne

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Set sail for the northern lights

We were at latitude 71º north, in the Barents Sea off Norway, when we got our first “Wow!” moment. No geomagnetic storm had been predicted, but there, around the stars of Cassiopeia, a greenish curtai

Radio Times Magazine

To be an arctic fixer

As the founder of Norway-based PolarX, Jason Roberts ...

Cycling Weekly

The cry of the

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

Practical Boat Owner

Insurance cover for sailing high latitudes

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The Great Outdoors

Seas between us