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He told me about the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, a voluntary organization created in 1991 that encourages member companies to minimize the impact of tourism on the continent by following strict environmental guidelines. Nearly every Antarctica tour operator complies, but that could easily change as more companies elbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going with the Floe | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

If you're thinking of heading south, you've still got plenty of time for planning before the short Antarctic travel season kicks off in mid-November. Avoid the large cruise lines, because not only are their expeditions more expensive than those on smaller ships but they also don't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antarctica: Travel Desk | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

being cornered by police in a mosque, authorities said. His death came a week after another suspect, Ali Abd al-Rahman as-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, gave himself up. Media Blackout ALGERIA The government banned press coverage of the release of two Islamic leaders and, in an attempt to impose a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

(3 of 3) The benefits of competition in the passenger sector are murkier. The British experience has been horrendous. Britain completed the privatization of its rail system in 1997, breaking the formerly integrated network known as British Rail into more than 100 different firms. At the center was Railtrack, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can't Anyone Here Run A Railroad? | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

Tour manager Jean-Marie Leblanc doesn't believe that Armstrong or other U.S. cyclists will encounter any hostility, but he did raise the issue of security during a May meeting with France's Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, who ordered his staff to determine whether additional measures should be taken to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lance de France | 6/29/2003 | See Source »

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