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BOULDER, Colo., June 18 /PRNewswire/ — Intrepid Travel’s new research and
development division, The Travel Lab, announces the launch of its new luxury
Antarctic adventure: a visit to experience the land of the emperor penguin.

The exploration of this region, once the sole domain of scientists and
grand emperor penguins, offers travelers a luxury Antarctic adventure.
Travelers will spend thirteen days walking along pristine coastlines
surrounded by monstrous ice cliffs and previously unclimbed mountains. The
focus then turns to wildlife, spending three days experiencing the sheer
bedlam and excitement of the emperor penguin colony.

Adventure travelers will spend thirteen days gazing out over pristine
Antarctica and visiting remote penguin colonies at Neumayer from a low-impact
luxury eco-camp perched atop a 60m icefall. They will kite-surf, skidoo ride,
and take several short flights in a DC3 airplane. These adventurers will
become some of the very few people to actually set foot in Antarctica and will
have plenty of time to take in the breathtaking surroundings.

Adventure travelers with Intrepid on this new Antarctic Adventure will:

— Visit a colony of emperor penguins
— Wander along ice blocks, coastlines, and glacial cliffs
— Learn to use technical climbing gear
— Kite-surf across the endless polar plains
— Camp in an eco-camp perched on an ice cliff

Antarctic adventure travelers with Intrepid will experience one of the
most exclusive and most rarely seen wildlife habitats on the planet. The Land
of the Emperor Penguin adventure lasts for 13 days and costs $47,900. To learn
more about exciting Antarctica travel adventure visit:
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tllep

To learn more about Intrepid Travel’s Travel Lab and its new Antarctic
adventures please visit: http://www.thetravellab.com

With over 19 years of experience, Intrepid Travel is one of the world’s
leading small group adventure tour operators. Intrepid offers over 400
itineraries in more than 90 destinations worldwide. Intrepid trips are
designed to go off the beaten track, meet the locals and travel in an
unconventional way, joining locals on their transport, in their markets and
even in their homes.

For more information, contact Alexia Nestora at Lasso Communications,
303-898-3376, http://www.lassocommunications.com

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BOULDER, Colo., June 17 /PRNewswire/ — Intrepid Travel’s new research and
development division, The Travel Lab, announces the launch of five new Arctic
adventures. These trips will take adventurers to the ends of the earth on an
unforgettable offbeat adventure.

By creating these new Arctic adventures, The Travel Lab has created travel
without limits, true off-the-beaten-path exploration. These Arctic adventure
tours present travelers with an opportunity to experience Antarctica and the
Arctic like never before.

Taking adventure travelers way beyond the confines of a cruise ship, The
Travel Lab’s Polar journeys are the extreme of polar exploration, offering
airborne travel to the North Pole and expeditions into the largely unexplored
mountains of Antarctica.

Some of The Travel Lab’s new Antarctic and Arctic adventure travel trips
include:

Polar bears and belugas up close

Swim with beluga whales, experience polar bear country, trek amongst
caribou, experience solitude like nowhere else,
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tlpbb

Canadian arctic dogsled adventure

Discover the sheer joy of mushing across Arctic planes, learn of the Inuit
lifestyle, experience life as it once was in the far North,
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tlcds

Remote mountain expedition

Learn to kite-surf across the endless Polar planes of Antarctica, rappel
down enormous ice cliffs, wake up in an igloo,
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tlrme

Land of the emperor penguin

See the emperor penguins closer than you ever imagined, ride in a DC3
plane, ice-climb previously unclimbed mountains,
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tllep

Intrepid’s Arctic adventure travel tours last from 7-13 days and range in
price from $3,810 to $50,635. To learn more about Intrepid Travel’s Arctic
adventures please visit: http://www.thetravellab.com/tripstl/index.php#

With over 19 years of experience, Intrepid Travel is one of the world’s
leading small group adventure tour operators. Intrepid offers over 400
itineraries in more than 90 destinations worldwide. Intrepid trips are
designed to go off the beaten track, meet the locals and travel in an
unconventional way, joining locals on their transport, in their markets and
even in their homes.

For more information, contact Alexia Nestora at Lasso Communications,
303-898-3376, http://www.lassocommunications.com

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visit http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE Intrepid Travel

BOULDER, Colo., June 16 /PRNewswire/ — Intrepid Travel’s new research and
development division, The Travel Lab, announces the launch of its new luxury
Antarctic adventure: an expedition to the remote mountains of Antarctica.

Travelers on this Antarctic adventure will explore Antarctica by foot and
by plane as they follow in the footsteps of the great explorers Scott and
Amundsen. They will soar over the largely unexplored Orvin mountain ranges in
a turbo prop DC3 airplane, abseil into open crevasses, explore ice caves and
get close to Adelie Penguins.

The luxury Antarctic adventure begins when travelers depart Cape Town
aboard a private jet. They will watch night turn to day as they cross over the
Antarctic Circle and into the land of the midnight sun. After landing on a
specially prepared ice runway, travelers settle in at a luxury eco camp — the
first of its kind in Antarctica. Adventurers will gaze out their tent window
at incredible views over a massive ice cliff and down to the immense blue ice
waves on the horizon.

The highlight of the luxury Antarctic adventure is Intrepid’s expedition
into the Orvin Range. Adventurers are given the chance to experience what a
journey to the Antarctic once meant. They will have the opportunity to ski in
virgin snow, try some technical ice and rock climbing, and will learn the
basics of crevasse rescue.

Intrepid’s luxury Antarctic adventure itinerary includes:

— A two-hour aerial tour over the Orvin Range
— Living in the tents of early explorers
— Rappel over huge ice cliffs
— Observe penguins in their natural habitat
— Wander between mighty ice blocks and sleep in igloos
— Camp at Dronning Maud Land

This luxury Antarctic adventure is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for
those travelers looking for a new and unusual adventure into the wild.

Antarctic adventure travelers with Intrepid will experience one of the
most exclusive and most rarely seen locations on the planet. The Remote
Mountain Expedition adventure lasts for 11 days and costs $44,350. To learn
more about exciting Antarctic adventure travel visit:
http://www.thetravellab.com/trips/tllep

To find out more about Intrepid Travel’s Travel Lab and its new Antarctic
adventure travel please visit: http://www.thetravellab.com

With over 19 years of experience, Intrepid Travel is one of the world’s
leading small group adventure tour operators. Intrepid offers over 400
itineraries in more than 90 destinations worldwide. Intrepid trips are
designed to go off the beaten track, meet the locals and travel in an
unconventional way, joining locals on their transport, in their markets and
even in their homes.

For more information contact Alexia Nestora at Lasso Communications,
303-898-3376, http://www.lassocommunications.com

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visit http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE Intrepid Travel

NORWALK, Conn., April 22 /PRNewswire/ — A survey released today by Quark
Expeditions (www.quarkexpeditions.com), the world leader in polar adventure
travel, shows that 60% of people who participate in polar expedition ecotours
are motivated to protect environmentally sensitive areas. To inspire more
individuals to become active in the conversation and protection of the Arctic
and Antarctica, Quark Expeditions today announced the Polar Ambassador
Program.

Conducted by The Tourism Company, a leading Canadian tourism research
firm, The Quark Expeditions 2007 Guest Survey surveyed 231 male and female
guests hailing from every continent with the goal of assessing their opinions
regarding global warming and responsible tourism. It found that, as a result
of their expedition experience, 60% of guests were motivated to protect
environmentally sensitive areas. In addition, 80% consider the issue of global
warming to be very important to them and 60% experienced heightened awareness
as to the urgent need to protect these areas.

After their tour, one survey responder remarked, “Global warming is real
and not an over exaggeration.” While others remarked, “This expedition has
made me realize that every individual must take responsibility and I must set
an even better example to my children, grandchildren and friends,” and “Now
that we are better informed we need to speak up for change back home.”

To help individuals speak-up for change, Quark’s new Polar Ambassador
Program is designed to provide post-expedition support to individuals
interested in working to help preserve the Arctic for future generations. The
program will be first introduced to travelers on board Quark vessels during
the Arctic 2008 season (June 9 - September 27) and will continue post-
expedition through an online community. On-board the program will be delivered
through a series of presentations about the biology, geology, glaciology and
history of the regions, discussions about global warming and the negative
impact that choices made in the developed world have on the polar regions. In
addition, a wallet-sized booklet containing 10 simple things that travelers
can do when they return home will ensure that Ambassadors will have
information at their fingertips at all times. After returning home, the Polar
Ambassador online community will serve as a gathering place with resources: a
slideshow, Book Club and eventually, a Film Club and lesson plans.

“We support the scientific view that the polar regions are a bellwether
for the health of the planet and that failure to protect the region’s unique
biology and geology will have an adverse effect on the planet as a whole,”
said Patrick Shaw, President of Quark Expeditions. “This Program enables our
travelers to return from their adventure with tools and information that will
allow them to effectively educate their family, friends and colleagues with
more than just pictures and stories.”

Arctic areas are some of the last truly unspoiled regions of the world.
Antarctica features multi-colored ice caps, glistening glaciers and towering
snow-capped mountains. Alternatively, the Arctic region claims a beauty of its
own, an endless expanse of the sea which is rich in biodiversity, including
whales, seals and vast numbers of seabirds that rely on the food-rich waters.
Protection of the polar regions is critical to the future health and wellness
of our planet where global warming is resulting in diminishing glaciers and
causing rising sea levels all over the world. The polar regions are important
places for obtaining information about evolution, geological, climatic and
marine processes.

Quark Expeditions is a travel company committed to responsible tourism. It
advocates for the protection of the polar regions. Their voyages are planned
to minimize any disturbance to wildlife or fragile habitats. They follow
strict codes of conduct set out by the International Association of Antarctica
Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise
Operators to ensure that the ships, Zodiacs and helicopters are operated in an
environmentally responsible manner.

For more information about the Polar Ambassador Program, visit
www.quarkexpeditions.com/polar-ambassador .

About Quark Expeditions

Since 1991, Quark Expeditions has been establishing a tradition of firsts
in polar expedition travel; as the first to transit the Northeast Passage with
commercial passengers; the first to take travelers to the far side of
Antarctica; and the first to circumnavigate the Antarctic continent with
guests. Quark is also recognized for its diverse fleet; the largest fleet of
passenger vessels in the polar regions — including the only polar icebreaker
operating as an adventure ship in Antarctica. The fleet enables Quark to
offer the widest variety of polar itineraries of any other adventure company
in the world, and the greatest number of departures to Antarctica. In October
2006 and 2007, Quark was named a recipient of National Geographic Traveler’s
“50 Tours of a Lifetime” for their “Emperor Penguin Safari” and their “Far
Side” voyage respectively. In the March 2006 edition, Outside magazine named
the “Emperor Penguin Safari” as one of the New Trips of a Lifetime. For more
information, visit www.quarkexpeditions.com .

SOURCE Quark Expeditions

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Erin Sprague (age 24) is “in the running” to become the youngest person in the world to complete a 26.2 mile marathon on all seven continents, including Antarctica. Erin has completed five out of seven marathons/continents, and will run next in Antarctica in March 2008.

In addition to setting the record, Erin co-founded a non-profit company called In the Running, which pairs a grassroots charitable organization on each continent with each marathon. “In the Running connects an extreme personal challenge with an innovative platform for international grassroots awareness,” says runner and CEO Erin.

In the Running supports seven existing organizations that combat urgent global challenges: obesity, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, poverty, peace, global warming, and education. “The sponsored organizations are on the ground solving real problems, but need vehicles like In the Running to combat donor fatigue and expand outreach,” says co-founder Dana Worth.

Erin graduated from Harvard University and currently has a full time job at a New York-based financial firm, in addition to her training and In the Running. In the Running’s volunteer staff personally funds all travel and operating costs so that 100 percent of external donations go to charity.

Erin will run the following marathons and In the Running will donate to the following organizations:

Date Continent Marathon Sponsored Cause
Charity

Nov. North ING New York Girls on the Run Youth Fitness
2005 America City Marathon,
USA

Oct. Asia ANA Beijing The Polaris Human
2006 Marathon, Project Trafficking
China

Mar. Africa Kilimanjaro Kenya Network HIV/AIDS
2007 Marathon, for Women with
Tanzania AIDS

Jun. South Sao Paulo A Drop in the Poverty
2007 America International Ocean
Marathon,
Brazil

Oct. Europe Adidas Dublin Co-operation Peace
2007 Marathon, Ireland Reconciliation
Ireland

Feb. Antarctica Antarctica Antarctic and Environmental
2008 Marathon, Southern Ocean Preservation
Antarctica Coalition

Jul. Australia Gold Coast The Silver Aboriginal
2008 Airport Lining Advancement/
Marathon, Foundation Education
Australia

In the Running accepts secure donations online at www.intherunning.org; or by check made out to “In the Running,” P.O. Box 1402, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA

Pictures are available at http://www.intherunning.org/blog.html and upon request.

Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click appropriate link.

Erin Sprague
http://profnet.prnewswire.com/Subscriber/ExpertProfile.aspx?ei=73683

Christine Coolidge
http://profnet.prnewswire.com/Subscriber/ExpertProfile.aspx?ei=73670

Dana Worth
http://profnet.prnewswire.com/Subscriber/ExpertProfile.aspx?ei=73672

SOURCE In the Running