A glacier high

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Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park offers travellers the chance to experience to be close to nature, alone, and far from civilization. Sea kayaking is among the many sports one may engage with, and enjoy the sight of leaping seals and gulls.

Author: Kane, Joe
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1998
Social aspects, Travel industry, Buildings and facilities, Kayaking, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

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The rebels of the rain forest

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The Cofan Indians have been fighting oil companies, which have been plundering their land in the Ecuadorian side of the Amazon. Their leader is the American Randy Borman, a child of missionaries assigned to the region.

Author: Kane, Joe
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1998
Ecuador, Natural resources, South American native peoples, Native South Americans

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The rage for Rainier

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Mount Rainier in Washington State is not the highest peak in the United States, but it is extremely dramatic and has twenty-five glaciers. A climbing expedition on this mountain is described.

Author: Kane, Joe
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 2000
Mountaineering, Mount Rainier

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