Rhonda Carrier

1 month ago | countryliving.com | Rhonda Carrier

Sailing through the narrow channel of Neptune’s Bellows into the flooded horseshoe-shaped volcanic caldera that is Deception Island in Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands is dramatic enough in itself – for a while, on the approach, I wondered if my expedition ship would even make it through the gap. It would, of course, because HX Hurtigruten Expeditions’ crew know what they’re doing.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Rhonda Carrier

Armed with gloves and pruners, my friend and I are near Pythara waterfall above Chora – the capital of the Greek island of Andros – and we are cutting back thorny and overhanging vegetation. We’re helping out the local volunteer association, Andros Routes, which has been restoring a network of ancient mule tracks, from the coast to the interior and its low mountains. The tracks form part of a new walking holiday that allows us to explore the pretty island on foot – and give something back, too.

1 month ago | msn.com | Rhonda Carrier

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1 month ago | countryliving.com | Rhonda Carrier

One of the world's most vast and mysterious land masses, Antarctica is a remote and fragile environment you can generally only visit by very specific means, with a specialist expedition cruise operator. An Antarctica cruise is not a cheap holiday, not should it be – mass tourism would destroy it. But as it is, this is the most regulated place on the planet with a code of practice for all expedition leaders and operators, who work together to preserve it.

2 months ago | msn.com | Rhonda Carrier

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