Chronicles
Stories from around the world.
Cool Antarctica
Feeling the heat this summer? Take 15 seconds to ride Antarctica’s Brash Ice, the broken shards of glaciers formed long before civilizations existed floating in the Southern Ocean only a few feet from our Zodiac. Just watching and listening and imagining makes me feel calmer, cooler. I hope the same is true for you.
Why I Don’t Travel By Jet
I don’t avoid jets out of nostalgia or contrarianism. I avoid them because they erase story.
Arriving in Mexico’s Sierra Madre - The Kindness of Strangers
When the El Chepe Express finally rumbled to a stop in Creel, we had ascended thousands of vertical feet into Mexico's Sierra Madre and arrived at the end of the line. Then the doors opened.
Tickets, Baskets and the Luck of the Draw
We weren’t sure we actually had tickets. We had paid for them—but the process had unraveled into something that felt less like commerce and more like philosophy.