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Naturalist Joe Hutto’s latest adventures in wildlife observation take him to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains. Hutto is living in a tent at 12,000 feet, where blizzards occur in July and where human wants become irrelevant—and human needs can become a matter of life and death—to study the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

Based on "Travels in West Africa" by Mary Kingsley, this is the account of a Victorian lady's journeys up the rivers of West Africa in the 1890s. AUTHOR: Mary Kingsley was born in 1862. She was trapped by the conventions of her time until her parents died but then, with an income of £500, she was free to travel and in 1893 went to Africa.

Home to the giant tortoises that gave them their name, the Galapagos Islands lie one thousand kilometres off the coast of mainland Ecuador. The famous group of islands remained untouched by humanity for thousands of years, being only charted in the seventeenth century. Two hundred years later the stunning wildlife provided Charles Darwin with the perfect place to work on his theory of evolution. Darwin’s book ‘The Origin of the Species’ was partially inspired by his trip to the Galapagos.

Before Georgetown physics professor Francis Slakey decided to climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean, he had shut himself off from other people. His lectures were mechanical; his relationships were little more than ways to fill the evenings. But as his journey veered dangerously off course, everything began to change. A gripping adventure of the body and mind, To the Last Breath depicts the quest that leads Slakey around the globe, almost takes his life, and opens his heart.

This is the story of Shane and Timothy Spall and their Dutch barge, The Princess Matilda. After a summer on the Thames they head out to sea with only a road atlas and a vast amount of ignorance - and it is absolutely terrifying! A decade before, Tim had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia and was given only days to live. Shocked at how life can pass you by, they decided that if and when Tim got better, they would buy a boat. The Spalls' adventures have already been the subject of two BBC4 series.

The third book in the series about travel "The Blonde around the world, or I did it my way".

This book is the fifth in the series "The Blonde around the world, or I did it my way".

After listening to this audiobook, you start to value your family and love more than ever, but at the same time, your backpacks are beginning to call for the road.

The seventh and last book in the series about eight years of travel "The Blonde around the world, or I did it my way".

This book is the first one in the series about travel "The Blonde around the world or I did it my way".

The travel notes of a girl who happened to wander a lot.

Ein untergegangenes Königreich, quicklebendige Ahnengeister, Kolonialgeschichte, Naturspektakel und außergewöhnlicher Wildreichtum - Simbabwe ist ein Land voller Magie und eines der schönsten Safarigebiete Afrikas. Information zu den wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten, Kultur und Geschichte des Landes unterhaltsam präsentiert in einem Audio-Feature. Mit Originaltönen, Interviews und Musik führt der auditive Trip von den Victoria-Fällen einmal durch das ganze Land und die Jahrhunderte.

This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Johannesburg, including information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Know Before You Go campaign.Jo'burg: The beating heart of Southern Africa. Pulsating, vibrant and stirring with a wealth of modern spoils, a gilded history and gushing veins of indigenous culture.

Das heutige Trier geht aus einer römischen Stadtgründung mit dem Namen "Augusta Treverorum" vor über 2000 Jahren hervor...

Easter Island lies 3,700 km, or 2,299 from the nearest continent and is one of the most isolated places on the planet. Though it is so far removed from the rest of the world, Easter Island has more than its fair share of local history. Also commonly known as Rapa Nui, the island is probably most famous for the giant statues called Moai that populate the island, mainly near the shores. Mystery surrounds these enormous monoliths and they continue to baffle archaeologists trying to piece together the story of the Island.

Eine klingende Kulturgeschichte Ungarns von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart: Die ARD-Kulturjournalistin Corinna Hesse erkundet die Geheimnisse eines Volkes, das Einflüsse aus den unterschiedlichsten Kulturkreisen aufgesogen hat und trotzdem nie seinen Eigensinn verlor.

Imagine more than a million litres of water dropping each second from cliffs up to 80 metres, or 262 feet, high. Such an image may seem like an impossibility, but such is the majesty of South America’s Iguazu Falls. More expansive than both the Niagara Falls in North America and the Victoria Falls in Africa, The Iguazu Falls is a network of more than 275 falls covering many acres.

A centre for indigenous Peruvians and Bolivians and the second largest lake in South America, Lake Titicaca is probably best known for its spiritual significance to the Incas. It is one of the highest navigable lakes in the world standing almost four thousand metres above sea level and the mysteries in its depths still draw thousands each year to the sacred site.

Sixty years after Mount Everest was first climbed, this unique book of letters celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains. With exclusive access to the private archives of pioneering New Zealand climber George Lowe, this is a welcome tribute to an unsung hero.The ascent of Everest in the summer of 1953 was one of the twentieth century’s great triumphs of exploration. George Lowe’s efforts on the mountain were crucial to the endeavour.

In dieser Produktion beschäftigt sich Chris Mulzer mit einer ganz spezifischen Art von Unwohlsein, die viele Menschen unserer Zeit ganz unnötig befallen hat!