Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
By Caitlin Fitzsimmons The road into Senghenydd from the imposing Welsh castle town of Caerphilly snakes along the side of a steep slope that drops into a rocky valley. Lined with red-toned terrace houses in local stone, the village almost clings to the hillside, and though coal mining died out here long ago, the landscape [...]
By Caitlin Fitzsimmons The ice cliffs gleamed platinum blue and towered above us as high as a 50-storey skyscraper. We floated in our kayaks, cold even in our drysuits but enthralled. Every few minutes, the glacier calved, sending newborn icebergs out into the fjord. A loud crack and a deep rumble, then a huge sheet [...]
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