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		<title>The Latest Top Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weeks’ batch of Top Photos takes us from Galápagos to Greece and finally to Alaska—these are the first shots back from the beginning in our season exploring Southeast Alaska. One of the images is from the T’sasala Cultural Group dancers. During our Alaska expeditions, we also invite a cultural interpreter from the Tlingit tribe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InstaBaja: Baja California via Instagram</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a billion dollars worth of memories on and expedition to Baja California’s Sea of Cortez. Two travelers sent back their Instagram photos from the same week that Facebook announced their acquisition of the mobile photo-share platform. See the shots on The Huffington Post.]]></description>
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		<title>Sven Lindblad on Baja California</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 21:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sven Lindblad led a Baja California expedition aboard National Geographic Sea Bird in mid-April. The whales, dolphins, frenzy of activity in this video all took place in the matter of a few hours one afternoon, though it is by no means out of the ordinary for the region. Baja California’s Sea of Cortez is among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expedition Photography Offerings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photography is an integral part of many of our guests’ expeditions. As they write the story of their lives through meaningful expedition experiences, they’ll want to illustrate it. You don’t have to own a huge, expensive camera or even have any photography experience to go home with a great shot. Our brand new Expedition Photography [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Top Photos of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/05/01/the-latest-top-photos-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest Photos of the Week, sent from our ships National Geographic Islander and National Geographic Endeavour in the Galápagos Islands, the National Geographic Explorer that just finished its epic month-long voyage up the coast of West Africa, National Geographic Sea Bird in Baja California, and the historic sailing yacht Sea Cloud in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Guest&#8217;s Deliveries from Post Office Bay, Galápagos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s blog post was written by Jeanne Govert, who joined us in the Galápagos Islands last October.  &#8230;stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed In days of old, when large masted ships and their intrepid crews sailed the oceans, those waiting at home were rewarded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare White Killer Whale in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian researchers are trying to track down an extremely rare all-white orca last spotted off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula about 18 months ago. The Far East Russia Orca Project said it was the first time they’ve seen a white orca, though since then two more all-white juveniles have been sighted. See the photos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galápagos Undersea Exploration by ROV</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/24/exploring-the-galapagos-undersea-with-a-remote-operated-vehicle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This month our expedition team aboard National Geographic Endeavour unveiled a new tool that allows us to explore the marine environment in greater depth and share it with guests—a remote operated vehicle (ROV). The ROV can dive to 500 feet, far deeper than Scuba divers can safely explore, allowing us a glimpse of deep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Honor of Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/19/in-honor-of-earth-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday is Earth Day. We’d like to mark the day by honoring our guests, whose generosity and thoughtfulness has done much to protect the planet’s wild places. Just this month, many of our guests in Galápagos took time off from their expeditions to work with the national park service removing invasive blackberry and replacing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Top Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/12/the-latest-top-photos-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See our Top Photos of the Week from Baja California, the Amazon, Costa Rica &#38; Panama, and the West Coast of Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Anthropologist Wade Davis from West Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/11/anthropologist-wade-davis-from-west-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/11/anthropologist-wade-davis-from-west-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis joined our guests in voyaging up the Lobe River in the town of Kribi in the African nation of Cameroon. Our ship National Geographic Explorer is making her way up the African coast on an epic, 37-day expedition. Wade Davis has joined us for part of the journey, and here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone App for Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/05/iphone-app-for-saving-the-north-atlantic-right-whale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/05/iphone-app-for-saving-the-north-atlantic-right-whale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save the whales? There’s an app for that. The Whale Alert app created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration links real-time acoustic buoy information to an iPhone or iPad. The app is constantly updated with the location of right whales, allowing captains navigating the North Atlantic to be certain of steering a course clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Photos of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/02/top-photos-of-the-week-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/04/02/top-photos-of-the-week-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Photos of the Week are in from all corners of the globe being explored by guests aboard the Lindblad-National Geographic fleet. Top shots come from the undersea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where National Geographic Explorer paused on our Cape-to-Cape expeditions, plus Galápagos, Namibia, Baja California, and Cambodia.]]></description>
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		<title>On Nature Deficit Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/29/on-nature-deficit-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/29/on-nature-deficit-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle and friend of Lindblad-National Geographic, has embarked on a cross-country lecture series to spread the word on reconnecting in the digital age. “The Nature Principle offers a vision of the future in which our lives are as immersed in nature as they are in technology. Louv created the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Don Walsh, the First Person to Dive to the Deepest Part of the Ocean</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/27/meet-don-walsh-the-first-person-to-dive-to-the-deepest-part-of-the-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron broke the solo dive record when his bright green, vertical-dive sub hit bottom in the very deepest part of the Mariana Trench. He now holds the record for the deepest solo dive—but he’s not the first person to reach this extreme depth. On January 23, 1960, two explorers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Devil’s Island</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/26/welcome-to-devils-island/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/26/welcome-to-devils-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spend and afternoon on Devil’s Island in the Weddell Sea. A guest aboard National Geographic Explorer shares her impressions of the place while hiking among rookeries of penguins. You can see it for yourself on an Antarctica expedition.]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic-Eating Fungi Discovered in the Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/22/plastic-eating-fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/22/plastic-eating-fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is fungus one of the answers to the world’s waste problem? A group from Yale University discovered a plastic-eating fungus in the Amazon rain forest. The exotic fungus is able to survive by growing on polyurethane in an oxygen-free environment. The discovery holds promise in the discovering new possibilities for managing plastic waste. If you’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepsea Challenge with James Cameron</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/19/deepsea-challenge-with-james-cameron/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/19/deepsea-challenge-with-james-cameron/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic explorer in residence James Cameron is preparing to dive into the deepest part of the world’s ocean. He’ll descend in a custom-made, vertical-dive sub that was built in secrecy over 8 years in Australia. If Cameron’s dive is successful, he’ll join a very exclusive club. So far only two other people have made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Top Photos of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/15/our-top-photos-of-the-week-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/15/our-top-photos-of-the-week-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week we select the top photos that came in with our Daily Expedition Reports for a photo slideshow. The top photos this week came from our naturalists, expedition leaders, and guests in the Amazon, Galápagos, the Falklands, Costa Rica, and Panama.]]></description>
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		<title>Follow our Cape-to-Cape Expedition in Real Time</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/12/follow-our-cape-to-cape-expedition-in-real-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/12/follow-our-cape-to-cape-expedition-in-real-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic’s Digital Nomad Andrew Evans is sailing with us across the Atlantic Ocean right now. The National Geographic Explorer landed at South Georgia just this afternoon on our voyage from Cape Horn to the Cape of Good Hope; next stop—Tristan da Cunha. You can see what’s happening aboard the ship and on the islands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Species of Shark Discovered in Galápagos</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/08/new-species-of-shark-discovered-in-galapagos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists studying the deep sea around the Galápagos Islands have identified a previously unknown species of shark. The 1.3-foot-long fish is a catshark, but when seven of the specimens from Galápagos were compared to known species of catsharks at the California Academy of Sciences, they discovered coloration differences. Though much is known about wildlife on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galápagos Video Wins Top Spot</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/06/galapagos-video-wins-top-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the video chroniclers on our ships, our excellent field staff, and our fantastic in-house video studio for taking home the top video honor from the Hospitality Sales &#38; Marketing Association International. Our team was recognized with the prestigious HSMAI Platinum award last week. The video chroniclers aboard our ships shoot, edit, score, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whale Shark! A Rare Sighting in Galápagos</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/05/whale-shark-a-rare-sighting-in-galapagos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/05/whale-shark-a-rare-sighting-in-galapagos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guests exploring the Galápagos Islands aboard National Geographic Endeavour had the surprise of a lifetime in a rare encounter with the world’s largest fish—a whale shark. They’d just climbed into Zodiacs to visit one of our favorite wildlife-rich snorkeling spots when the whale shark was spotted. Our naturalist Tommy Acosta last saw one of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polar Bear Cub Cam</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/01/polar-bear-cub-cam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/03/01/polar-bear-cub-cam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a live peek at polar bear cub Siku. The bear lives in the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Denmark where he is being cared for. Siku was born here in captivity, though his mother was unable to produce sufficient milk. The webcam is organized by Scandinavian Wildlife Park and hosted on explore.org, and their goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Top Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.expeditions.com/blog/2012/02/28/the-latest-top-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rocky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week we select the top photos submitted by naturalists, guests, and the National Geographic photographers aboard our ships. This week the shots came in from the Amazon River, Galápagos, Antarctica, Baja California, plus Costa Rica &#38; Panama. See the top photos.]]></description>
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