So, here I am, at the bottom of a crevasse, in the middle of a field of ice so thick that the expedition’s Geomatics group’s radar couldn’t even penetrate its depths and measure its thickness, 25 miles as the bird flies from my vacant bed, a lone wool mitten drenched in ice water hanging from a clip on my harness, and I feel content. That is, until the call of the wild startles me back into the human condition and reminds me of all the mundane activities necessary to maintain my body in working condition
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We note that the landscape is that the most important role in the tourism industry. In addition, the relationship between tourism and the inconsistent landscape can be imported at the same time, the positive and negative impacts on the environment and local communities (MENESES , 2004). The nature-based tourism range of tourism activities is applied in accordance with the general use of natural resources are still relatively backward, including landscapes, terraces, waterways, vegetation, wildlife
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