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The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Antofagasta, a port city in northern Chile.
ESA video after the break ยป
Deutsche Welle (DW) Documentary via YouTube ยป
A trip along Chileโs National Route 7, the Carretera Austral, takes us into the stunning wilderness of Patagonia – a place that many German emigrants chose as their new home almost a century ago.
The Carretera Austral is straddled by mountain ranges, primeval forests, fjords, volcanoes and a huge ice field. It has taken decades to carve its way through the almost impassable terrain – even now a lot of traffic is forced to take a detour across the border into Argentina. The military dictator Augusto Pinochet made the construction of the road a national priority in the 1970s, sending thousands of soldiers to the region to work under the most adverse conditions. One of the last surviving members of Pinochet’s junta, former military police chief Rodolfo Stange, talks about the roadโs strategic importance for the regime.
German marine biologist Vreni Hรคussermann tells us about a catastrophe in one of the Patagonian fjords – an event that underlines how economic expansion along the route has adversely affected the natural environment in southern Chile. On our journey we meet descendants of German emigrants who found a new home in Patagoniaโs remote vastness after the First World War. An insight into the past and present of this unique region.
150 travellers who completed epic cross-continental cycling journeys were surveyed.
Alee Denham at CyclingAbout.com writes ยปย
Each of the 150 cyclists got three votes to cast, and I simply tallied up the results. In the end, 80 different countries were favourited, which is pretty cool because that means most corners of the world have something, for somebody.
These are their top picks for the best countries for long-distance cycling ยป
10. ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan
9. ๐จ๐ฑ Chile
8. ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
7. ๐ฆ๐บ Australian
6. ๐ฎ๐ท Iran
5. ๐ฎ๐ณ India
4. ๐จ๐ณ China
3. ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan
2. ๐บ๐ธ USA
1. ๐น๐ท Turkey
Snow tires are mandatory from November 1 to April 1.
According to Allegra Zagami, writer for Lonely Planet, on a drive along the Pan American Highway in 2019 ยป
The Icefields Parkway, or Canadaโs Highway 93, is one of the most scenic drives in the world with over 144 miles (232km) of adventure and overwhelming natural beauty between Banff and Jasper National Parks.
Resources ยป Parks Canada, Icefields Parkway Continue reading
A beautiful time-lapse video of many South American landscapes by Morten Rustad.
Morten Rustad via Vimeo says ยป
One year of travel, nine countries, countless hours on busses, motorbikes, and cars. Hundreds of thousands of images taken. 30TB of data used, 5 months of editing. The time-lapse film features South America like it has never been before with images from Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
More about this project, including BTS videos, at Morten’s website.
Suzette Barnett ยป
My adventure in Patagonia has been an incredible one, primarily for the vast landscapes and diversity of the regionโs scenery with glimpses of every season within a period of just 13 days.
Guided by a National Geographic Expeditions Leader my time there was spent hiking, filming and shooting the time-lapses now used to create to this short film which has been graced by a stunning instrumental from musical geniuses. Please allow me four minutes of your time and turn your sound on.
I hope you can feel what I felt.
Iohan Gueorguiev’s videos are well made, but they are generally an hour long.
With this video Iohan recaps his trip so far, from Alaska to Argentina, in less than 15 minutes.
If you like this, you’ll love his full length videos.
Updated June 1, 2019 to add link to his latest video.
In May 2014, Iohan Gueorguiev (websiteย โ YouTube โ Twitter โ Instagram) started cycling from the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The plan was to cycle to the tip of South America in a year, maybe a few more months.
Russian adventurer and orthodox priest Fedor Konyukhov thanked his patron saint after completing the 7,000-mile first leg of his solo journey around the southern hemisphere in a rowing boat. On this, the first leg of his circumnavigation, he survived snow storms, 25ft waves, and was capsizing four times. Continue reading
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