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...week trek, our party of 11?Xall cousins from the U.S., ranging in age from 15 to 64?Xwould see more bears, as well as reindeer, foxes, ermines and half-meter-long trout. We would hike up an active volcano during a hurricane and skinny-dip in a hot, sulfurous pond. We would marvel at spouting geysers and boiling mudholes in psychedelic hues. We would share vodka and salmon caviar with melancholy park rangers in ramshackle huts. And we would be seduced by the mystery of Kamchatka, a land of fire and ice that remains one of the wildest places...
...helicopter skiing and snowboarding down steep volcanoes as well as visits to indigenous reindeer herders by dogsled or snowmobile. Other companies specialize in bear hunting and trout fishing. Meanwhile, cruise ships ply the shores, scouting sea lion colonies and groups of rare Steller's sea eagles with their two-meter wingspans...
...during the rest of the night a storm arose, and the next day, sheets of rain reduced visibility to a meter or so. Some of us played cards in the main tent, but others curled up inside sleeping bags in a fetal position, trying to stay warm. The second day, we set off in drizzle, trekking up steep ice fields encrusted with ash. Soon it poured again. We crossed paths with a group of drenched Austrians. Only upon our return to Petropavlovsk did we discover that we had hiked seven hours through an 80-km/h storm. Nonetheless, the spectacle...
...Quoc's nuoc mam apart is its ingredients and the islanders' know-how. Unlike competitors in Thailand and the Philippines, Phu Quoc's factories use only ca com, or long-jawed anchovies, eschewing competitors' methods of mixing other kinds of fish in with the ca com. The three-meter-high fermentation vats are made with special woods, which lend their own unique flavor to the sauce. The island's nuoc mam is so famous it has inspired would-be sauciers in Vietnam and further afield to trade illicitly on its tangy reputation. Nguyen Thi Tinh, president of the Phu Quoc...
...make up the bulk of our power. But we are just a little too far away from the sun. Whether you're talking about biomass, photovoltaics, or wind moving because the sun heats the earth differentially, it all comes from the sun. If you calculate how many watts per meter the sun puts to the earth and ask whether that is enough to run our very high energy consumption--this is a question...