Adventure
Travel
Adventure travel affords exciting
experiences to remote locales without
requiring the extensive preparation or
rigor of an expedition.
Take a side trip to
Star City, the training center for Russian
cosmonauts outside of Moscow.
Sail Arctic waters on the Yamal or the
Kapitan Dranitsyn, Russian icebreakers
that explore a remote and little explored
part of the planet during the summer
months. This region is home to walruses,
seals, polar bears and countless breeds of
Arctic birds that nest on hundreds of
islands in the Arctic Circle. The Yamal's
destination is the North Pole, while the
Kapitan Dranitsyn sails throughout Franz
Josef Land, the northernmost islands of
Russia.
Get more than a taste of arctic
adventure in Svalbard, an island between
Norway and the North Pole, during the
Spring when it is daylight for 24 hours a
day. There you can learn how to mush a
dog sled, snowmobile to an ancient glacier
and trek into a glacial cave.
