673a Visiting Antarctica; The Journeys of Trees; Italy's Northern Lakes

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🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A travel writer shares how a trip to Antarctica helped him see that continent through the eyes of the early polar explorers. Then a reporter focused on climate change and conservation explains how some North American tree species are migrating to survive the planet's rising temperatures. And two Italy-based tour guides take us to the resort lakes of northern Italy, where the glamour extends beyond the natural scenery.

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0:00.0	If you've ever thought of visiting Antarctica, there's a few things you need to know.
0:05.6	It's the highest, driest, windiest, coldest land on earth. It is absolutely inimical to human life
0:12.7	and beyond the coasts to life itself. Julian Sanctin reports on what it's like to reach the icy
0:17.5	world of penguins and researchers and how increases in tourism and climate change
0:21.7	are impacting Antarctica.
0:23.9	Have you ever seen a forest migrate?
0:26.2	Zach St. George tells us how and why they do just that.
0:30.0	The disaster would be if trees didn't move
0:33.2	and if the ranges of trees didn't move.
0:36.1	And we'll hear what attracts Romans, poets, and A-list celebrities
0:39.7	to the lakes of northern Italy.
0:41.5	The water is coming fresh from the Dolomites from the glacier,
0:44.4	so you can swim in the lake every day.
0:46.0	It's spotlessly clean.
0:47.4	La Dolce Vita is what is famous.
0:50.1	Antarctic tourism, the journeys of trees,
0:52.3	and the Villas and Views of Italy's Lake District.
0:55.0	It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.1	In a moment, Julian Sankton tells us what it was like to voyage to Antarctica
1:05.0	while researching his book about what the Belgica expedition was getting into,
1:09.4	at the end of the world, at the end of the 19th century.
1:13.4	We'll also see what trees can teach us
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