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  1. Beyond the Beaten Path: Iceland Highlands

    September 4, 2024
    NORTH If Stanley Kubrick had really faked the moon landings, he might have done it somewhere near Skaftárhreppur. Home to black volcanic craters and vast fields of ash, Iceland’s Highlands are as analogous to the lunar surface as anything found on Earth. NASA tests rovers here, and photographers and filmmakers…

  2. Currents: Baja Sur

    October 22, 2023
    SURGE I turned, and my heart skipped a beat before Jill’s head emerged from a narrow gap in the rocks below. The surf was growing more powerful, and every few minutes a wave would crash against the slippery ledge and send us scrambling for the shore. She crawled onto the…

  3. Passage: South Coast, Iceland

    December 15, 2022
    When travelers think of Iceland, some of the first landscapes to come to mind are jagged volcanic formations, imposing glacial tongues, and stunning black sand beaches. Despite the regularity of world-class scenery along the southern coast, access to any type of terrain can be difficult in December, when short days…

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