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Travel stories told as series — posts that read like a serial, about the places we are about to visit
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26 Sep 2026
The New Year That Comes Twice
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 6/6
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24 Sep 2026
A Butler at the Edge of the World
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 5/6
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22 Sep 2026
From Above and Below
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 4/6
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20 Sep 2026
One Hundred and Twenty Waves
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 3/6
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18 Sep 2026
Eighty Meters of Clarity
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 2/6
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18 Sep 2026
Galapagos Islands: Where They Are, How to Get There from Moscow and What It Costs
Where the Galapagos Islands are, what makes them famous, when to go and how to get there from Moscow. What a Galapagos trip costs: flights, the national park fee, a liveaboard or a hotel on land.
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16 Sep 2026
Three Weeks a Year
Antarctica · «Beyond Here, Only Ice» · part 1/6
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13 Sep 2026
How to Get to Antarctica from Moscow: Route, Documents, Money
How to reach Antarctica from Moscow: the flight to Buenos Aires, the way to Ushuaia, embarkation. Which documents you need, whether your card works, what to budget for flights and when to arrive.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Sea of Cortez — the World's Aquarium
Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez the aquarium of the world. 900 fish species, a third of all cetaceans on the planet and the most successful reef recovery ever recorded.
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Aug 24, 2026
Venomous Life on the Reef: How Divers Live Alongside It
Lionfish, stonefish, blue-ringed octopus, mantis shrimp, cone snails and fire coral — what on the reef is genuinely venomous, how the chemistry works and why divers coexist with all of it calmly.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Tour Leader Profession: the Life It Opens Up and How People Get In
Who a tour leader is, what they actually do on a route, how they are paid and the path people take into the job. An honest look at the profession from the inside.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Bermuda Triangle: How Legends Are Made
The Bermuda Triangle — where it is, how the legend started, what insurers and the coast guard found when they checked, and why compasses really did read wrong here.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Sargasso Sea — the Only Sea Without a Shore
The Sargasso Sea is the only sea on the planet with no coastline and no river flowing into it. Its borders are four currents; its residents are weeds that never touch the bottom.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Saltiest Sea in the World
The Red Sea is the saltiest sea on the planet: 40 parts per thousand, not one river and two metres of evaporation a year. Why the Dead Sea does not count and what salinity means for a diver.
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Aug 24, 2026
Safe Diving Without Decompression Sickness
Decompression sickness in plain language: where the nitrogen in your tissues comes from, why a slow ascent solves the problem and which rules make recreational diving safe.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Mariana Trench: What Happens 11 Kilometres Down
The Mariana Trench is 10,935 metres deep, the deepest place on the planet. What the pressure is, who lives there, who has been down and why fish stop at 8,200 metres.
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Aug 24, 2026
Antarctic Cruise: What It Costs and How to Get There
What an Antarctic cruise costs, when to go, how ships differ and what the price includes. A straight breakdown, from the flights to the landing on the continent.
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Aug 24, 2026
The Drake Passage — Gateway to Antarctica
The Drake Passage — 800 kilometres of open water between South America and Antarctica. Home to the largest current on Earth, three-metre albatrosses and the road to the seventh continent.
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17 Aug 2026
10 Days Behind the Door That's Usually Kept Shut
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 6/6
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13 Aug 2026
A Temple a Thousand Years Old
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 5/6
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10 Aug 2026
The City That Says Nothing
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 4/6
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6 Aug 2026
117,000 Gifts
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 3/6
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3 Aug 2026
The Ship That Never Came Home
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 2/6
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30 Jul 2026
4 Minutes Down
North Korea · «Behind the Closed Door» · part 1/6
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27 Jul 2026
10 Days, 10 Colors
Morocco · «Land of Colors» · part 6/6
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23 Jul 2026
The Square That Never Sleeps
Morocco · «Land of Colors» · part 5/6
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20 Jul 2026
The Place Where Every Film in the World Was Shot
Morocco · «Land of Flowers» · part 4/6
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16 Jul 2026
The Night the Sky Fell to Earth
Morocco · «Land of Colors» · part 3/6
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13 Jul 2026
The University a Woman Founded
Morocco · «Land of Flowers» · part 2/6
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9 Jul 2026
The City Painted by Refugees
Morocco · «Land of Colors» · part 1/6
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6 Jul 2026
14 Days Between Two Shores
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 7/7
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2 Jul 2026
Volcano Stew
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 6/7
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29 Jun 2026
Wine Among the Lava
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 5/7
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25 Jun 2026
Blue Lightning in Blue Water
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 4/7
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22 Jun 2026
The Seamount Where Thousands of Rays Circle
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 3/7
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18 Jun 2026
23 Species of Whales Outside the Window
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 2/7
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15 Jun 2026
The Embankment That Remembers Everyone
Azores · «In the Middle of the Atlantic» · part 1/7
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11 Jun 2026
12 Days on Another Planet
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 6/6
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8 Jun 2026
The Shore Where Ships Come to Die
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 5/6
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4 Jun 2026
The Big Five and One Pangolin
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 4/6
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1 Jun 2026
The City That Has No Business Being Here
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 3/6
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28 May 2026
30,000 Years on the Wall
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 2/6
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25 May 2026
Trees That Died 900 Years Ago and Still Stand
Namibia · «The Place Where Time Stood Still» · part 1/6
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21 May 2026
8 Days on the Edge of Desert and Ocean
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 6/6
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18 May 2026
When the Reef Wakes Up
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 5/6
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14 May 2026
Home on the Water
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 4/6
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11 May 2026
A Sea Without Rivers
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 3/6
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7 May 2026
A Lighthouse in the Middle of the Sea
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 2/6
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4 May 2026
An Island Made of Gemstones
Egypt · «The Living Red Sea» · part 1/6
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30 Apr 2026
Michelin Follows Us
Worldwide · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 6/6
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27 Apr 2026
She Cooks What Doesn't Exist
Colombia and Morocco · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 5/6
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25 Apr 2026
Altitude 4,100. A Menu Made of Clouds
Peru · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 4/6
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24 Apr 2026
28 Days for One Steak
Argentina · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 3/6
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21 Apr 2026
10 Days Between the Ocean and the Sky
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 6/6
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20 Apr 2026
Tea, Rum, and Turtles
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 5/6
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19 Apr 2026
Breakfast with a Giraffe
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 4/6
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18 Apr 2026
The Land That Sorts Itself
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 3/6
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17 Apr 2026
The Bird That Trusted Humans
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 2/6
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16 Apr 2026
50 Sperm Whales That Never Leave
Mauritius · «Whales and Casela Park» · part 1/6
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15 Apr 2026
The Chef Who Burned His Diploma
Argentina · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 2/6
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15 Apr 2026
What Is a Dive Safari and How It Differs from Shore Diving
Liveaboard diving — diving from a yacht in the open sea. How it differs from shore diving, a typical day, where yachts go, what certification you need, and how much it costs.
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13 Apr 2026
11 Days That Don't Fit Inside Your Head
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 6/6
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12 Apr 2026
$3 for a Michelin Star
Vietnam · «Michelin at the Edge of the World» · part 1/6
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12 Apr 2026
City of Three Cultures
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 5/6
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11 Apr 2026
A World the Size of a Fingernail
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 4/6
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10 Apr 2026
Silver Tornado
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 3/6
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09 Apr 2026
The Cave of No Return
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 2/6
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08 Apr 2026
An Untouched Work of Art
Sipadan · «Turtle Island» · part 1/6
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08 Apr 2026
Dive Safari — What It Is and Why You Should Trade the Shore for a Yacht
Liveaboard diving — life on a yacht: 3–5 dives a day, reefs 180 km from shore, night dives by torchlight. How a day works, where yachts go, and how much it costs.
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05 Apr 2026
Why People Come Back Changed
Antarctica · «In the Wake of Charcot» · part 6/6
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04 Apr 2026
The Physics of Diving: What Happens to Air Underwater
200 bar in the tank, Boyle's Law, partial pressure of gases — why at 30 metres you burn through air four times faster and why every diver needs to understand the physics.
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04 Apr 2026
Those Who Live Here
Antarctica · «In Charcot's Wake» · part 5/6
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03 Apr 2026
The Strait You Have to Earn
Antarctica · «In the Wake of Charcot» · part 4/6
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03 Apr 2026
The Man Who Dives Deeper Than Anyone
Alexey Molchanov — 136 meters on a single breath. 40+ world records. Son of Natalia Molchanova, who built Russian freediving.
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02 Apr 2026
Saturation Divers
Saturation divers live for weeks inside pressurized chambers at 9 atmospheres. They work at depths of 300 metres. The most dangerous profession you've never heard of.
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02 Apr 2026
The Ship That Should Not Have Existed
Antarctica · «In Charcot's Wake» · part 3/6
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01 Apr 2026
Scientists Discover an Octopus Running an Instagram Account
An octopus from Indonesia has learned to change color based on the number of likes it gets. Scientists are stunned. Divers are not.
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Mar 31, 2026
How Deep Can a Human Dive
The maximum scuba diving depth is 332 metres. The freediving record is 214 metres. What happens to the body at each level of depth.
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31 Mar 2026
The Doctor Who Chose the Ice
Antarctica · «In Charcot's Wake» · part 2/6
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30 Mar 2026
Diving into the Unknown
What it feels like to go underwater with scuba gear for the very first time. The first breath, the first 5 metres, the first fish staring you in the mask.
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30 Mar 2026
September 16, 1936
Antarctica · «In Charcot's Wake» · part 1/6
