TODAY:People still live in Craco although not in it’s crumbling old town which remains a popular setting for film-makers. The Passion of the Christ, Saving Grace and Quantum of Solace are amongst a number of movies that featured scenes in the town. It is protected by the World Monuments ...
I am in the Sarek National park in Sweden, 1 there are no roads or towns. When I wake up to the sound of the wind buffeting the cloth of 2 (I)tent,I check my watch and find it is 7:30 a.m. I am now above the Arctic Circle,where the sun never 3 (set)in summer. I walk...
After a stint studying and working in Iceland, Max made his nest in Scotland. Whilst he’s left Iceland, the country hasn’t quite left him. When he’s not writing about his favourite places or visiting them, you’ll find him in the kitchen, at the pool or on a skateboard. ...
March:Traverse Ice Roads in the Arctic Circle Where:Northwest Territories On the edge of the Arctic Ocean in early March,the temperature in Inuvik remains below zero.Cars and trucks ease their way along the 185 km ice road to Tuktoyaktuk as it's known to locals.The treel...
A photographic survey of the Soviet monotowns − urban settlements erected around single industries in the hinterlands of the former USSR −; some thriving, others struggling to survive, still others partially abandoned.
The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse is almost here and there are a lot of towns in Arkansas that will be in the path of the totality, but what towns will have the long totality of darkness?
Through nine chapters with over 130 photographs taken by Russian photographer Alexander Veryovkin, Monotowns by Zupagrafika captures the post-industrial landscapes and Soviet-era architecture of the monogorods extending from the Arctic Circle to the Russian Far East, such as Vorkuta, Norilsk, Mirny...
TheArcticregion is home toUtqiaġvik, the United States' northernmost city, along with manyInupiaqvillages, remote communities,Nome, andPrudhoe Bay. The communities ofSouthwestAlaska stretch fromBetheland theYup'ik and Cup'ikvillages in western Alaska, toKodiakandSugpiaqvillages onKodiak Island,...
an amazing place to see the Northern Lights (like during this late-night, authentic, Alaskan dinner in a yurt with Northern Lights tour) – at least any time between late August and late April since Fairbanks sits along the Tanana River, and is just 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle....