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This place is the bomb: Something wild is happening on Christmas Island, once ground zero for nuclear test explosions.; By David Wolman Aug 31, 2008
Ice queen: In Antarctica, Gretchen Legler found a tribe of eccentrics living at 70-below under the biggest ozone hole on earth. She also found love.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 20, 2005
Force of nature: In "Where Mountains Are Nameless," fearless adventurer Jonathan Waterman makes a passionate, personal case for preserving the Arctic Wildlife Refuge -- and the polar bears and caribous that call it home.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Aug 2, 2005
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World": Russell Crowe and director Peter Weir bring Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures to the screen in this glorious and heartfelt action movie for grown-ups.; By Stephanie Zacharek Nov 14, 2003
"In a Sunburned Country": Bill Bryson goes Down Under and finds an underdiscovered country with the friendliest inhabitants and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife on the planet.; Jun 19, 2001
A Walk in the Woods: Bill Bryson -- A Walk in the Woods; Read by Bill Bryson Oct 5, 2000
Clint Willis, Editor: Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks; Non-Fiction | Listen & Live Audio Oct 5, 2000
Jon Krakauer: "Into Thin Air"; Jon Krakauer Oct 5, 2000
Permanent vacation: We've sold everything and we're hitting the road with our kids.; By Kate Convissor Aug 9, 2000
Yo! I ride through the valley in the shadow of death: A quartet of intrepid mountain bikers tackles the far, unfriendly reaches of Death Valley National Park -- and learns some lessons about life.; By David Darlington Jun 5, 2000
Under the veils in Casablanca: Public life may be dominated by men, but the worlds of house and hammam belong to women.; By Laura Fraser Apr 21, 2000
Be your own donkey: On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones.; By Rolf Potts Mar 28, 2000
Island fever: I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it?; By Dylan James Mar 13, 2000
Naxos nights: A lotus-eating stay on a Greek island ends with a life-changing midnight encounter.; By Laurie Gough Mar 11, 2000
Fear and loving in Sri Lanka: Serendipity is the traveler's best friend.; By David Fox Jan 12, 2000
Naked ambition: You cannot imagine the position I've been in since I started writing about sex.; By Virginia Vitzthum Jan 11, 2000
A Greek romance: At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild.; By Rolf Potts Jan 4, 2000
Making bombs in Zanzibar: An enigmatic encounter with a would-be African terrorist leaves an expatriate wondering about truth and faith.; By Frank Bures Dec 8, 1999
The genie of desire: When I finally kissed a man in Africa, he ran away.; By Tanya Shaffer Dec 3, 1999
Fear and loathing in Latvia: Between the fistfights and the Finnish girls, it's hard to get any writing done.; By Rolf Potts Nov 23, 1999
Epiphany at Joshua Tree: A woman confronts her painful past on an Outward Bound pilgrimage into the heart of fear.; By Barbara Wilson Nov 20, 1999
A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia: I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.; By Rolf Potts Nov 13, 1999
Stranded in Siberia: At an obscure border town, our correspondent discovers the biggest obstacle in negotiating the next 4,000 miles: The train has left without him.; By Rolf Potts Nov 10, 1999
Horse races, open spaces and the fate of Genghis Khan's balls: In his first dispatch from an epic Beijing-St. Petersburg train trip, our correspondent explores the mysteries of Mongolia.; By Rolf Potts Nov 9, 1999
Tripping on iboga: In Gabon, a disenchanted journalist embarks on a hallucinogenic tribal rite.; By Daniel Pinchbeck Nov 3, 1999

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