Go ice skating beneath the aurora borealis in the Swedish Arctic
Swap overcrowded ice rinks for the real thing, and skate beneath the aurora borealis on the frozen sea in Swedish Lapland.
The real history of the Borgias family and their cursed 'black legend'
Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their dynasty produced two popes—are they worthy of this notorious legacy?
Tsunami: Race Against Time
Race Against Time online. Get sneak peeks and free episodes all on Nat Geo TV.
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Last Song for Migrating Birds
This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a bird market in the Mediterranean tourist town of Marsa Matruh, Egypt, I was inspecting cages crowded with wild ...