vegpwrflipped into Cool Articles With No HomeStoryboardThis just might be America's most underrated wilderness areaCurated byOutdoors.comWe hear people talking about the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades, the Presidential Range, and everything in between. But what about this area in Wyoming? Plus, more about mountains and parks.
The Sunflipped into The Sun3 days agoInside Russia’s abandoned gulag town deep in the -50C Arctic where frozen homes in soulless tower blocks sell for 1pthesun.co.uk - Juliana Cruz LimaA GULAG town in the icy tundras now sits frozen in time as it became Russia's most depressing place. Vorkuta is a cemetery of soulless tower blocks, …
SWNSflipped into SWNS Raw1:236 days agoCouple quit 9-5 jobs to live in a van and drive 3,000 miles - to the Arctic CircleSWNSA travelling couple who quit their 9-5 jobs to live in a van have made it to the Arctic Circle - in a 3,000 mile trip. Chris, 31, and Sam Hoar, 30, left Plymouth in February to venture up through Sweden and Finland - and they have just arrived in Alta, Norway. They are now heading to North Cape - the furthest northern point of the country they are able to drive to - before arriving home in April to round off the epic 7,500 mile trip. Despite the temperature dropping to -23 degrees Celsius, the pair, who are now travel bloggers, say their trip has been “incredible” and they have never looked back since buying a van in 2018. Sam said: “I don’t think we realised what we were actually in for - but this journey has been absolutely breathtaking and blown our minds. “Time doesn't wait for anybody and taking a risk to move into our van was the best thing we’ve ever done. “We knew we had nothing to lose because in the worst case scenario we would go back to doing our nine to five jobs that we did anyway - but life is too short!” Chris and Sam were determined their adventure to the Arctic Circle would be possible after watching videos of others living the van life and exploring the world during lockdown. The couple, who have been together for 16 years after meeting at school when they were 14, were particularly inspired by one of these videos showing a couple travelling through Norway. Sam admitted the scenery blew them away so much that they knew they had to go. So far in their Arctic circle trip, the pair say they have been left astounded by the beautiful scenery and vast expense of wildlife. Chris said: “For us, we have never seen snow like this in all our lives. “I’m talking seven foot of show outside right, with temperatures dropping to -23 degrees. “The weather has definitely tested the van properly being up here, but we still haven’t broken down and the vastness of the wilderness all around us is breathtaking and unreal. “We have seen wild moose - that look like horses on steroids over here - reindeer, wolves. “We've definitely got the bug now and feel like we even want to return next year even earlier in the year during the more extreme winter.” Before leaving their nine to five jobs for the tiny-home life in living from a van, Sam worked as a beauty therapist and Chris was working as a mechanical engineer aswell as being a retained firefighter. After always enjoying exploring nature together, the pair decided to hire their first van for three weeks to …
You Only Live Onceflipped into Travelscape4 days agoLife lessons from driving on ice in Finlandlivemint.com - By Renuka KirpalaniIt is 8:45 am, and a pitch-black morning with a sea of white in stark contrast. I am driving towards a frozen lake 200km into the Arctic Circle in …
AvatarVarlin26flipped into TWILIGHT: 2000 = TWILIGHT: 2023 (IYKYK) - THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF DEMOCRATIC UKRAINE AND THE RETURN OF EVIL EMPIRES3 days agoNavy SEALs on snowmobiles raced across the frozen Arctic to link up with an attack sub that broke the ice during a special ops firstverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Ella ShermanDeep into the Arctic Circle, US Navy SEALs and allied commandos recently dashed across the frozen ground on snowmobiles to link up with a surfaced submarine that had busted through the ice in a historic training exercise that put the sub-zero skills of the special operations forces to the test. Last …
AvatarAJ !flipped into AUTO ! NEWS & REVIEWS !5 days agoVolkswagen Jetta Grows Up In New Spy Shotscarbuzz.com - Sebastian Cenizo• Next-generation Volkswagen Jetta spied for the first time• Proportions will grow to help plug gap left by Passat• Debut expected late 2024 or early …