4 Ways to Tune Into Nature on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard

With its bewildering array of landscapes and rich biodiversity, not to mention its iconic wildlife and unique geological history, South Africa is a haven for nature lovers. There’s Kruger National Park to the east, Table Mountain National Park to the…

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Goodbye South Africa, Hello Home Quarantine

This is not a post I thought I’d be writing, nor is it a situation I thought I’d find myself in, but here I am. Back in Norway, that is, in a government-mandated fourteen-day home quarantine. It all feels so…

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Wintering with the Women’s Alpine Adventure Club in Hemsedal, Norway

This year has so far been full of memorable escapades – first a trip to my family’s mountain cabin, then a work assignment in the Arctic, and now a winter meet in the Scandinavian Alps with the Women’s Alpine Adventure…

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Working with Reindeer in Finnmark, Norway

Life in the Arctic has been a source of my curiosity for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I danced to the tune of Baby Beluga, enchanted with the white whale ‘in the deep blue sea’ of the…

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48 Hours in New York City at Christmas

Christmas time in New York City is all sorts of merry. Between the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting and the 5th Avenue Window Displays, the Union Square Holiday Market and the Wollman Rink in Central Park, the Radio City Rockettes and the…

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6 Useful Tips for Long-Distance Train Travel

A few weeks ago, I embarked upon an unforgettable train journey across the Great White North, from Vancouver to Montréal. During my four-day/four-night rail adventure, I covered over 5,000 kilometres by land, crossed four different time zones, travelled through six…

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Between a Pillow and a Soft Place

It’s been a little while since I delved into my personal life on here, so today seems like a fitting day to do just that. I’m currently sitting in my top-floor apartment in downtown Vancouver – a perfect vantage point…

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A Greener 48-Hour Guide to Toronto, Ontario

I visited Toronto half a dozen times growing up, seeing as much of my extended family lived in the city and its surrounding suburbs. I’ve been to Niagara Falls and the top of the CN Tower, wandered through Kensington Market…

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