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My Five Favorite Travel Books

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, June 23, 2011,
I'm not much of a listmaker outside of grocery shopping, packing for vacations, or - alright, I'm a listmaker, born and raised. There, I admitted it. I create lists and write notes down, only to feel the pleasure of crossing something off of them, for most anything I do. And it is no small wonder I haven't yet created any sort of list when it comes to travel writing. Well, that is until now.

I stare at my bookshelf in wonder and am amazed at the great number of fantastic sto...

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The Worst Journey in the World

Posted by Jason Hussong on Saturday, September 5, 2009,
"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised." So Apsely Cherry-Garrard begins the telling of The Worst Journey in the World.

Antarctic happenings, but particularly the history of exploration there, have intensely interested me since my travels took me there in January of 2004. I read any newspaper or magazine article I can find on the place and I try to pick up as many books as possible on the continent, most of which are abo...

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