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Feature Articles

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    Something happens in the high latitudes around Cape Horn. Eighty-knot williwaws blast down from the surrounding peaks. Thiry-foot waves rear up. Ships are tossed around like ice cubes in a blender. Why embark on a wind-powered expedition in these waters? For one sailor, it's a pilgrimage to the place where his great-grandfather came to grief in 1875—and a chance to comfront the raw power of the sea.
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    Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
  • Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
    Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
  • Sharks: Myths and Realities
    Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
  • Deep Focus
    Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
  • The Move
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    Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter


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Gear

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    How a carpentry-challenged nonsurfer built a classic wooden longboard with his own kook hands.
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  • Surfing
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    Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
  • Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
    From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.

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Attractions

Copacabana

Avenida Atlantica and Xavier da Silveira
22010-000
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
5_0

Corcovado

Train Station, Cosme Velho
Rua Cosme Velho 512
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Description:

The price is a bit steep but then so is the rail line, its narrow gauge winding upward past... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
5_0

Ipanema

Between General Osório Square and Jardim de Allah canal
22080-010
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
5_0

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Hotels

Copacabana Palace

1702 Avenida Atlantica
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Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
expert favorite hotel
Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0
4.0

Golden Tulip Ipanema Plaza

Rua Farme De Amoedo
Rio De Janeiro 22420 020 Map

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

expert favorite hotel
Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0
5.0

Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro

80 Avenida Vieira Souto
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Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
expert favorite hotel
Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0
4.0

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