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...Australia's Gold Coast? This brand-new adrenaline rush allows you-using a snorkel or, if you're a certified diver, via a scuba dive-to come face-to-face with some of our most feared predators. Either way, you'll swim in a reef lagoon accompanied by a qualified dive leader, with an underwater educational trail to follow...
...Shark Bay is the largest man-made shark lagoon in the world, giving bigger sharks enough space to perform a 60-m-long swim-glide pattern, a technique used by sharks at rest. The lagoon is also home to giant rays and schools of tropical fish. As for the deadly tiger sharks-don't worry. Public liability insurance does not allow for direct contact with these especially dangerous brutes. They are isolated in a separate pool behind a clear-glass screen that gives you the uncanny feeling that they're just inches away. In fact, the only predators you might...
...Shishmaref Cannonball for his top-place finishes in the Iditarod race. Walrus-tusk carving is taught in school, along with the Inupiaq language. And if the town itself is ugly, it is balanced by the desolate beauty of the slate-colored sea, the ducks flying in formation over the lagoon and the musk ox roaming in emerald meadows dotted with wild cotton. Some two-thirds of the local diet still derives from hunting and fishing. In the diamond light of late summer, whole families forage for salmonberries, which the elders eat mixed with grated caribou fat. ("Eskimo ice cream," they...
...Icelanders take full advantage of their country's volcanic potential: when the mercury drops, they warm up by plunging into 38-40?C thermal waters. One of the steamiest spas is the Blue Lagoon, a 40-minute drive from Reykjavik, and set dramatically in a wilderness of moss-covered rocks. On a cold day its milky blue waters resemble a misty version of Heaven. Spa options range from massages on a float in the water to a facial with the lagoon's silvery-gray silt, which is said to have healing properties. Inevitably, there's also a boutique selling...
...iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder One of the steamiest spas is the Blue Lagoon, a 40-minute drive from Reykjavik, and set dramatically in a wilderness of moss-covered rocks. On a cold day its milky blue waters resemble a misty version of Heaven. Spa options range from massages on a float in the water to a facial with the lagoon's silvery-gray silt...