Catching the northern lights; escape to Wyoming; how games help travelers with disabilities; less snow on the slopes
|  | Friday, December 3, 2021 | | | | |
| In today’s newsletter, the year of exploration; the best place in the U.S. to see the northern lights; historic flight to Antarctica … and escape to a winter wonderland. | |
| By Maura Friedman, TRAVEL Photo Editor
If 2020 was the year of staying put, 2021 has been a time of personal exploration. With an uneven return to travel, people stayed closer to home, prodding deeper into the landscapes and cultural practices that make their own backyards special.
I’ve noticed an intimate dimension to our travel images this year—most were made in places the photographers know well, often of subjects they know even better. To me, learning something new about a place you already love is what travel is all about. It expands your imagination and recaptures some child-like wonder about the world around you. (Pictured above, thousands of synchronous fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.)
Selecting images that tell the story of the year was revealing and rewarding. The photographs I selected speak of new discoveries we can make when we look closely at the world we think we know.
Mariceu Erthal Garcia, a native of Mexico, was well acquainted with the traditional pottery of Oaxaca, a state just a short plane ride from her home. But she had no idea the practice had gone through a renaissance that is both sustaining heritage and renewing the creative spark that glows in these works of art.
Italian Andrea Frazzetta knew about the Appian Way, the ancient and storied Roman road, but he discovered the depth of its cultural imprint—including wedding ceremonies taking place on its paving stones—when he traveled the entire length of the road for an upcoming National Geographic story.
And, despite a lifetime exploring Alaska, Acacia Johnson viewed one isolated spot of land in the Bering Sea with fresh eyes, learning the practices and personalities of the namesake mammals on Walrus Island, home to a sanctuary that supports the state’s longest-running wildlife-viewing program. Check out the following explorations: | | | |
 | LEFT: PHOTOGRAPH BY ORE HUIYING, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC;
RIGHT: PHOTOGRAPH BY CIRIL JAZBEC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | | All dressed up: Nat Geo Explorer Ore Huiyung photographs a woman (above left) trying on a traditional Peranakan ”cucuk sanggul” (comb) at the Straits Enclave, a by-appointment historic house museum in Singapore. Pictured at right, two girls dressed in traditional Greek attire stand outside the church of Agios Onoufrios in Karpathos, the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LUJÁN AGUSTI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | | Mounted: Alvino “El Chino” Velázquez (pictured above) oversees livestock, horses, and shepherd dogs as field foreman on a ranch in Argentine Patagonia. ”Gauchos”—skillful equestrians, traditional ranchers, and occasional tour guides—for centuries have navigated the country’s untamed Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire). Argentine photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Luján Agusti has been covering Patagonia for years. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY CHIARA GOIA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | | Heroic: In Italy’s Cinque Terre, winery worker Raffaello Lercari (above) teeters down a narrow path carrying a box of hand-harvested grapes from the winery’s ”vigneti eroici,” or heroic vineyard. Below, lava flows from black basalt rocks Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which erupted in March for the first time in nearly 800 years. With more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world, thousands of tourists travel each year to see the aftermath of an eruption. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS BURKARD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | To me, travel will always be about exploring well, even more than exploring far. What travel stories did you discover close to your home? What secrets did you uncover for finding deeper dimensions in familiar places? Send me your thoughts here. And, when you head out again, don’t forget to take your camera.
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| Up in the air: Close to national parks and easy access to ski-friendly resorts, Jackson, Wyoming, also offers wintertime opportunity for dog sledding, snowmobiling, sleigh riding, and spotting bison, elk, coyote, bald eagle, and wolves. The landscape in the Tetons is consistently stunning. Plan ahead, however. The Jackson airport will close temporarily for runway construction, starting in April. (Pictured above, freeskier AJ Cargill backflips in the backcountry near Jackson.)
Related: Five must-do adventures around Jackson Hole | | | |
| Historic flight to Antarctica: An Airbus A340 plane recently touched down on Antarctica, becoming the first jet of its type to land there. The 5 ½-hour flight from Cape Town, South Africa, carried supplies to a new adventure camp on the South Pole. Since most travelers arrive on the White Continent via ship, a landing on a runway of ice is groundbreaking and could pave the way for more flights. Read more on CNN Travel.
The beautiful Haiti you need to see: Haiti often makes international headlines for natural disasters and political instability. Mariette Williams returns to the place she left as a child and finds rich culture, vibrant art, delicious cuisine, and beaches and waterfalls that rival any in the Caribbean. See her story in AFAR.
Shorter seasons, less snow: Climate change has hit the nation’s ski resorts. Along with poorer snow quality, the shift is causing shorter ski seasons and less snow, Utah Public Radio reports. A drought makes early snowmaking less feasible, forcing resorts to get more creative to thrive.
More advisories: Another week, another list of COVID travel advisories. More than 33 countries—the United States included—have issued new travel restrictions n response to the COVID-19 omicron variant. Most restrictions target southern Africa, NBC News reports. Additionally, according to Axios, the World Health Organization is advising people 60 and older and other vulnerable people to postpone travel due to Omicron.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN THYS, AFP/GETTY IMAGES | | Getting outdoors, virtually: For a person with a disability or chronic illness, traveling in the outdoors isn’t always easy. Thankfully, many have found a hack through an unexpected assistive tool: video games. Gaming allows travelers with different abilities to “log in” to Walden Pond or the Appalachian Trail without having to navigate nature’s unpredictability, Laken Brooks writes. Studies show that technologies simulating natural environments and experiences can be just as therapeutic as the real thing. (Pictured above, a therapist watches a film on dolphins with waterproof virtual reality glasses.)
Subscriber exclusive: How getting outside can relieve our overstressed brains
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY PATRICK BARRON, ALAMY | | Catching the northern lights: Where’s the best place in the contiguous U.S. to see the aurora dance across the sky? Voyageurs, Minnesota’s only national park. Winter in northern Minnesota is dark and brutal but the arrival of snow doesn’t close the park. Visitors can borrow snowshoes and cross-country skis for free.
Hike with us: Heading into the great outdoors? National Geographic’s Trails Illustrated maps highlight the best places for hiking, camping, boating, paddling, and wildlife viewing in North America’s scenic, rugged frontiers and urban fringes. Click here for a map of Voyageurs National Park.
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