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“For here was Lake Baikal; mystical, revered, sacred Baikal,” writes Mike Carter in The Observer. “It is more than 25 million years old, a thousand times older than any other lake. At over a mile, it is the deepest lake in the world. If you emptied it, it would take every river in the world flowing into it a year to fill.” Carter discovers the extraordinary Russian Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell.

James Hanning in The Independent reports from Cervinia – where you can Do the splits on the Swiss and Italian ski slopes. “…the trick about Cervinia, which isn’t as well known as you might expect, is that you get two countries for the price of one….If you have had enough of people kindly offering you discounted bus tickets, eating unfeasibly large meals and singing “O sole mio”, you just hop on to a couple of ski lifts, cruise up to Plateau Rosa, within touching distance of il Cervino and you’re in Switzerland.”

“Until recently it was generally only hard-core professionals and guides who would dare to go on exploratory trail-breaking trips in locations like Greenland,” writes Gisela Williams in The New York Times. “But recently, thanks to the efforts of some intrepid entrepreneurs, extreme ski touring has hit the mainstream.” So Now for Regular Skiers, the Ultra Terrain.

“A dramatic combination of sea and mountains is usually the setting for rugged adventure,” writes Nick Maes in The Guardian. “But there are some places that demand you slow down…My idle gene was delighted to discover that the Musandam peninsula is one such place.” Exploring Oman’s rocky mountain high Maes urges, “Now’s the time to visit – before this extraordinary area catches up with the 21st century.”

“Travelling to sub-Saharan Africa with small children has its hazards, not least getting toddlers to accept the barrage of immunisations required prior to departure,” writes Sophy Roberts in the Financial Times. However, armed with immunisation, Travelling to Africa with children needn’t be overly challenging – Roberts shares her top tips.

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