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Norway & The Arctic 



from $2295 

 including airfare 



London's Tower Bridge 



to The Fjords of Norway 



and Spitsbergen 



Lecturers and Naturalists 

 Zodiac Excursions 



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Antarctica 



Expedition cruising 

 to Antarctica, 

 the Ross Sea Region 

 and the 

 Subantarctic 

 islands of 

 Ne'v^ Zealand 

 ^ & Australia 



See and photograph 



rare species of seabirds, 

 ^'^ ^*^ penguins, albatross 

 ^p ^J and sealion rookeries. 

 ^4 ^»^ Shore excursions by 

 zodiac itk 



^ Qualified historians and 

 naturalists accompany cruises. 

 Lectures and library on board. 

 Voyage log included. 



10-29 day expeditions, 



priced ft-om $2945 pp. 



Special group rates available 



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A view of Hobart, Australia's second oldest city, as seen from Mount Nelson 



TASMANIA, 

 AUSTRALIA 



With a gamut of ecosystems, from 

 dust deserts to dripping rainfor- 

 est, and a collection of fauna that 

 looks like the output of evolu- 

 tion's test laboratory, Australia presents a 

 dilemma — where to start? One option is Tas- 

 mania, historical and scenic, a bite-size version 

 of its mother continent. 



As is often the way with islands, time has 

 moved more slowly here, making the past eas- 

 ier to catch. A rosy picture of early British set- 



Hikers' "Cradle Hut" with a view of Cradle 

 Mountain, Tasmania 



tlement is conjured up by the historic center 

 of Hobart, Battery Park, the city's early ware- 

 houses at Salamanca Palace and small country 

 towns like Stanley, ancient and atmospheric. 

 The rolling, grassy pastures of the midland re- 

 gion combine with enduring habits like after- 

 noon tea serv,ed with scones to complete the 

 colonial connection. But its harsher realities 

 are visible at Port Arthur in the southwest, 

 where ruins of the old penal settlement are 

 said to be overrun by the ghosts of ill-treated 

 prisoners. 



Tasmania's other allure is one noticeably unaf- 

 fected by the course of time — a range of spec- 

 tacular wilderness areas and coasdines. One of 

 the most dramatic hikes in the world runs 

 through 50 miles of rugged mountains and 

 alpine moorlands from Lake St. Clair to Cradle 

 Mountain. Another park on the Freycinet 

 Peninsular has a 17-mile loop around travel- 

 poster country. And wherever you go, you will 

 be met by Australia's Alice-ln-Wonderland cast 

 of animals and birds — from the shy platypus 

 and friendly wallaby to the Tasmanian devil and 

 screeching cockatoo. 



NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, 

 CANADA 



There are national parks and there are 

 wilderness areas, but few come close to 

 the immense region of the Northwest 

 Territories sandwiched between the 

 Yukon and Hudson Bay, on the roof of Canada. 



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