The lonely, obscure islands in the 878,000-square-mile Bering Sea — situated between Alaska and Russia — had always drawn me, but the difficulty and expense of visiting them had kept me from making the trip. However, when I discovered that Seattle’s Zegrahm Expeditions (800/ 628-8747) was offering its “Wild Alaska” trip, which included many of these islands, I signed up for the June 18-July 2, 2010, cruise.
by Bill Reed, Denton, TX
After our time in Iceland (April ’11, pg. 6), my wife, Betty, and I continued our 16-day journey with a flight from Reykjavík to the Faroe Islands on Atlantic Airways. They, apparently, have not learned how to charge their passengers for an aisle seat, extra bags or a drink or even for boarding with the first group.
Report ON NEW ZEALAND
Here are the results of ITN’s latest annual “Where Did You Go?” This for the year 2010.
by Nancy Logan; Jamestown, RI
Shark attacks are rare, but at Sharm el-Sheikh resort on the Red Sea, a 70-year-old German woman was killed and four other tourists were injured in November and early December in three attacks by at least two species of sharks.
Egyptian authorities allowed the beaches to reopen after resorts instituted watch stations to monitor the coast plus speedboat patrols, designated areas for swimmers and a ban against feeding sharks.
by Ed Kinney, Roanoke, VA
Tucked less than 10 miles below Canada’s Newfoundland, where the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean meet, several very small French islands with a rich legacy await visitors.
After flying 18 hours on Cathay Pacific from Los Angeles to Manila via Hong Kong, I continued on Philippine Airlines (PAL) to Bacolod, located on the island of Negros in the Philippines.
"What I did on my summer vacation." How about "Helped design a monument at 71º north latitude"?
November’s photo depicts the plaque for the Children of the Earth monument at North Cape on Magerøya Island, Norway.
by Philip Wagenaar (Part 4 of a series)