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Antarctica, Unexpected Stillness
Antarctica surprised me.
Not because of the penguins (though they absolutely stole my heart).

Cruising doesn’t have to mean 5,000 people and endless sea days.
When most people think of cruising, they picture towering ships packed with thousands of passengers, lined-up buffets, and a whole lot of open ocean between ports.
But there’s another way to sail....

When words fall short, music speaks. Neuroscientists have found that classical music engages entirely different brain regions depending on whether you’re in grief or joy. One piece of music—say, a Rachmaninoff concerto—can feel like a lifeline in sorrow...