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Yukon and Alaska Air/Hotel, 7 Nights, From $1,820
Answer the call of the wild by traveling from Whitehorse (Canada's "Wilderness City") to towns and mountain villages made famous during the Yukon Gold Rush, and then back.
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More on "Exploration With Richard Wiese"
Monday, January 9, 2006
Travel around the world with "Exploration With Richard Wiese", a 30-minute television series airing on weekends. And, during the show, catch The Budget Travel Minute for travel tips, info, and strategies from your favorite magazine (that's us!) .
About Richard Wiese
  'Exploration' host Richard Wiese |
In early 2002, Richard C. Wiese became the youngest president in The Explorers Club's hundred-year history. During his presidency he has worked in the Yucatan jungle of Mexico putting satellite collars on jaguars; climbed and sampled the most geologically unique volcano in the world, Tanzania's Oldoinyo Lengai (which means "mountain of god" in the language of the local Maasai tribe); and participated in two expeditions to Antarctica to core glaciers for the purpose of climatological studies.
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