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Wiencke Island, Antarctica - 12 10 17: Two amusing penguins on a cliff in Antarctica with snow falling and one penguin looking at an Antarctic cruise ship and the other penguin looking at the camera

Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year

ByGeographical StaffAug 6, 2023

The rapidly growing number of tourists visiting Antarctica is raising concerns Antarctica may have no native human inhabitants, but its…

The Dragonfly cable gondola, which takes tourists through the cloud forest

Protecting Ecuador’s cloud forests

Ecuador’s cloud forests are a unique biodiversity hotspot. In the face of threats from mining and logging, the creation of…

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July 2023 Geographical crossword

ByGeographical StaffJun 20, 2023

Can you complete Geographical’s July 2023 crossword puzzle? Welcome to Geographical’s July ’23 crossword puzzle. To complete the crossword, simply…

Digital image of the landforms beneath Antarctica’s ice

Review – The Land Beneath the Ice

David Drewry recounts his radar mapping expeditions of Antarctica in meticulous detail Antarctica has always held great allure for explorers,…

Anna on a photo shoot in Greenland

Freediver Anna von Boetticher’s travel insights

ByBryony CottamJun 13, 2023

Anna von Boetticher talks about how to get the most out of travelling Anna von Boetticher has just returned from…

Documenting the marine animal forest discovered in the waters of Svalbard

Diving into the twilight zone

ByBryony CottamJun 12, 2023

Scientists are searching the ocean floor for strange and undiscovered deep-sea forests, hoping to safeguard them before it’s too late…

Hjalmar, his shirt stained with blood from the sheep he has been slaughtering on a farm in the village of Kaldbaksbotnur on the east coast of the island of Streymoy

Geophotographer – Andrea Gjestvang

Photojournalist Andrea Gjestvang documents the ‘atlantic cowboy’, men on the Faroe Islands where there is a shortage of women I’m…

A juvenile shore crab perched on eelgrass

Protecting Orkney Islands seagrass

The seagrass meadows of the Orkney Islands are some of the healthiest in the UK, supporting an abundant and vital diversity…

A hawksbill turtle glides over one of Wakatobi’s pristine coral reefs

The business of conservation: Wakatobi Dive Resort

Lorenz Mäder, founder of Wakatobi Dive Resort, outlines his vision for how to create and sustain a successful tourist venture that protects…

Salt marshes such as Pegwell Bay in Kent could be underwater by 2040

Salt marshes could disappear by the end of the century

Scientists warn that salt marshes will soon be underwater worldwide, despite widespread restoration work The Cape Cod coastline is a…

Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Where in the world – Crater lakes

ByGeographical StaffJun 5, 2023

Where are these crater lakes located? 1) Clue: ‘The most beautiful lake in the world,’ said Humboldt 2) Clue: The…

Sea bean against dark background with book cover

Review: Sea Bean by Sally Huband

In this bright and blustering book, Sally Huband reminds us of the wonder of the sea and her quest to…

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