AUG 2004 BANJO PATERSON SQUID SURFING HIPPOS FAT PATAGONIA ICE GABON NEW JERSEY

Description: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE AUGUST 2004 Details The Heavy Cost of Fat { Why Are We So Fat? } Why Are We So Fat? A love of carbs? A lack of exercise? The real reason one in three Americans is obese is simpler than you think. BY CATHY NEWMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY KAREN KASMAUSKI Land of the Surfing Hippos { Gabon’s Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos} Land of the Surfing Hippos In Gabon, where Mike Fay’s epic walk across central Africa ended four years ago, a brand- new park is up and running. Fay and photographer Michael Nichols return to the continent’s great unspoiled coastline. BY I. MICHAEL FAY The Jersey Shore { Wild on the Jersey Shore; Greetings From the Jersey Shore} The Jersey Shore With 127 miles of beach to play on, just about anything goes- from boardwalk sideshow to casino sizzle. BY CATHY NEWMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMY TOENSING Australia’s Bard of the Bush { The Real Man From Snowy River; Banjo Paterson} Australia’s Bard of the Bush Banjo Paterson celebrated shearers, drovers, and life in the outback with poetry that still defines how Australians see themselves- and how the world sees Australia. BY ROFF SMITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID ALAN HARVEY Squid: Masters of Disguise { Squid: Beautiful and Beastly} Squid Some are exquisite, others monstrous, but all are quick- change artists that can alter their appearance in a flash. BY ROGER HANLON PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRIAN SKERRY Crossing Patagonia’s Ice Field { Trekking Across Patagonia’s Ice; Big Ice: Patagonia’s Southern Ice Field} Crossing Patagonia’s Ice Field Surviving violent storms and bridging treacherous crevasses, a pair of adventurers traverse one of the largest expanses of ice on Earth. BY BORGE OUSLAND PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS ULRICH Almost Heaven, Almost Canada { ZipUSA: 98281; ZipUSA: Almost Canada; ZipUSA: Point Roberts, Washington} ZipUSA: 98281 What’s life like on a five- square- mile patch of U. S. soil at the tip of a Canadian peninsula? BY ERLA ZWINGLE PHOTOGRAPHS BY PENNY DE LOS SANTOS I HAVE HUNDREDS MORE NAT GEO'S TO COME !!! KEEP WATCHING

Price: 2.75 GBP

Location: Norwich

End Time: 2025-01-11T14:57:34.000Z

Shipping Cost: 23.15 GBP