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		<title>NG Explorer Hosts Climate Reality Project Expedition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Gore and the Climate Reality Project have launched a voyage to Antarctica aboard the National Geographic Explorer to document and better understand the many impacts of climate change. Business leaders, activists, and concerned citizens from all over the world are being joined by some of the planet&#8217;s leading climate scientists and Antarctica experts to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic Expeditions &#8216;Holy Land&#8217; Partner Scores Top UN Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic Expeditions&#8217; partner for the Society&#8217;s new Holy Land: Past, Present, and Future expedition, MEJDI (Middle East Justice and Development Initiative), has taken first place in the inaugural Intercultural Innovation Awards. The prize, awarded by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and BMW Group, recognizes &#8220;brave initiatives that dare to think outside the box, rethinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Penguin Spotted in Antarctica</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guests and expedition staff aboard the National Geographic Explorer were treated to a rare sighting of this nearly all-white leucistic Chinstrap penguin January 9, 2012. It’s not quite an albino since it has pigmented eyes and a washed-out version of a Chinstrap penguin’s coloring pattern. Naturalist David Stephens snapped this photo as the penguin waddled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Notes: Alaska</title>
		<link>http://blog.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/2012/01/field-notes-alaska-humpback-whales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sharon Grainger Sharon Grainger is a naturalist who leads many departures of our Alaska’s Inside Passage expedition. Below, she recounts an incredible whale sighting on a voyage this past summer. An hour and a half after sunrise, the National Geographic Sea Lion was cruising slowly north on Chatham Strait, searching for marine mammals. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beignets, Coffee, Camera: A Weekend in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Easy&#8217;s historic French Quarter presents just one tough challenge to the weekend photographer: Deciding when to sleep. Good thing they&#8217;re brewing fresh coffee and popping beignets in the fryer 24-7 at Café du Monde. Photojournalist and National Geographic contributing photographer Tyrone Turner kicked off NG Expeditions&#8217; Weekend Photography Workshop in his native New Orleans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing With Lech Walesa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lech Walesa, former Solidarity leader and President of Poland, and Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, meet with National Geographic Expeditions travelers on the Society&#8217;s &#8220;Exploring the Baltic&#8217;s Historic Waterways&#8221; expedition. On a recent departure, Walesa swept guest Ethel Scully off her feet—not just with his insights on history, but also with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the World by Ship: Sven Lindblad on the Alliance with National Geographic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As pioneers in exploration, National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions share a passion for adventure, discovery, and conservation. Since 2004, we have partnered to bring travelers to destinations such as the Galápagos, the Arctic and Antarctica, Alaska, Baja, Costa Rica, and more. I  spoke with President and Founder Sven-Olof Lindblad about the genesis of Lindblad Expeditions and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Image Takes Top Photo Contest Prize</title>
		<link>http://blog.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/2011/10/arctic-image-takes-top-photo-contest-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 2011 Expeditions Moments Photo Contest results are in! We were thrilled to received more than 550 entries from travelers on our expeditions all over the world. The grand prize winner, chosen by a panel of National Geographic photographers, was June Jacobsen of Patchogue, New York. June snapped this incredible shot (left) on our Land of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding for Glory at Siena&#8217;s Palio</title>
		<link>http://blog.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/2011/09/riding-for-glory-at-sienas-palio/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/2011/09/riding-for-glory-at-sienas-palio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ford Cochran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic photographer and Italy expert Massimo Bassano journeyed to Siena last month on the Society&#8217;s Tuscany Family Adventure. While there, he and his fellow travelers witnessed the Palio—the famed twice-annual horse race in the town&#8217;s Piazza del Campo that dates back centuries. I spoke to Massimo about this mad, colorful scramble, and what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic Discovers “The Towns Italy Forgot”</title>
		<link>http://blog.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/2011/09/national-geographic-discovers-%e2%80%9cthe-towns-italy-forgot%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Barney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this month’s National Geographic Traveler article “The Towns Italy Forgot,” writer Miriam Murphy and photographer Massimo Bassano set out for Italy’s overlooked villages to investigate an innovative new concept in travel: the albergo diffuso. These so-called “scattered hotels” are abandoned dwellings—from farmhouses to cottages and even caves—that have been transformed into boutique hotels, preserving [...]]]></description>
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