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		<title>A Little Volcano Grit Won&#8217;t Ruin an Adventure in Kamchatka!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olaf Malver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not unusual, when I’m off on an adventure in some far-flung corner of the world, to be eating some unfamiliar fare… But this gritty feeling inside my mouth was something else entirely. How did I get these minute lava particles between my teeth? Oh yes, it must be that huge volcano erupting some 9,000 feet above my head! I spit out the grit, and grin — I’ve just had a taste – literally – of the enormous eruption of Mt. Karymsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far-eastern Russia...]]></description>
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		<title>A Piece of Trash, With a Message to Treasure &#8212; Happy Holidays!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olaf Malver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shiny red bauble that hangs on Olaf Malver's Christmas tree -- found in a most unlikely spot -- is a reminder of what ecotourism can bring to communities and the guests that explore the natural environs around them.]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Adventuring In the Footsteps of Fritjof Nansen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olaf Malver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last August, Olaf Malver led the first-ever exploratory commercial kayaking expedition into the Skjoldungen Fjords of southeast Greenland, in pursuit of legendary Arctic explorer Fritjof Nansen’s route 125 years earlier. Here is his first-hand account! On the starboard side of my small kayak, a huge tongue of glacier pouring down &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Explorers&#8217; Corner is now Natural Habitat Expeditions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Worrall Redal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years, Explorers&#8217; Corner has partnered with Natural Habitat Adventures, the award-winning operator of a worldwide slate of immersive nature and wildlife trips. And now we have some BIG NEWS:  Explorers’ Corner is merging with NHA to create Natural Habitat Expeditions—an exciting collection of kayaking, hiking, sailing and snorkeling &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures Alone: First Solo, Unassisted Ski Across Antarctica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Gaukel Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January of this year, a British woman, Felicity Aston, accomplished an incredible feat for adventure annals: She skied solo and unassisted across Antarctica. She is the first woman — and first human — to do so. Dragging two sleds carrying 187 pounds of supplies for 1,084 miles, she completed &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Reasons Why Adventure Travel Is Good for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Gaukel Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theadventurecorner.explorerscorner.com/?p=1956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past two-and-a-half years, I have been writing about adventure topics for The Adventure Corner travel blog, on everything from the merits of bumpy roads to tracking devices on narwhals. From my own thoughts on adventure to the latest scientific research, we’ve covered a lot of ground together. Looking &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Are Paper Maps Obsolete?</title>
		<link>http://olafscorner.nathab.com/2012/07/are-paper-maps-obsolete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Gaukel Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interstate rest stops are some of my favorite places when it comes to getting ideas for new adventures. Inside their doors are racks filled with printed brochures and colorful maps that promise excitement just down the road. It’s a banner day when I can replace my old, well-worn, highway map &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Extreme Melt&#8221; Observed on Greenland Ice Sheet</title>
		<link>http://olafscorner.nathab.com/2012/07/extreme-melt-observed-on-greenland-ice-sheet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Worrall Redal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly all of Greenland's vast ice sheet experienced surface melting earlier this month, as NASA data show rapid acceleration and scope of diminishing ice.]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Adventure Travel</title>
		<link>http://olafscorner.nathab.com/2012/07/dirty-adventure-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Gaukel Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antibacterial soaps, alcohol wipes, and bleach in our everyday cleaning products have made us focused on eliminating all the germs that we possibly can from our lives. And when it comes to our children, it seems that focus turns into an obsession. It’s here, though, where we soon become at &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Name: Should “Mount McKinley” Become “Denali”?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candice Gaukel Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nature surrounds us with an amazing variety of animals, insects, birds, plants, and topographic features. To refer to and distinguish the entities in this bounty, we assign them names — often two: one for common use and one, a two-parter, for scientific identification. Usually, the person credited with discovering or &#8230;]]></description>
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