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Ski & Winter

The average water temperature in summer is a balmy zero degrees.

Antarctica

That shrinking feeling

Sam Vincent gets that shrinking feeling on a dip to prove his polar credentials.

USA

Dread, white and blue

Lake Tahoe, California.

David Rood finds an oncoming pine tree focuses the mind while skiing in California.

Canada

Jam sessions ward off the cold

Keeping the cold at bay in Alaska.

Elspeth Callender In Whitehorse, one of Canada's coldest cities, winter temperatures can reach 52 below zero.

USA

Twenty reasons to visit Aspen

Carbondale near Aspen. Photograph by Getty Images. SHD TRAVEL MARCH 3
20 REASONS ASPEN. DO NOT ARCHIVE.


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Andrew Taylor There's plenty to satisfy those who hunger for action, ideas and food, Andrew Taylor finds.

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Special features

Australia

Places in the heart: Pete Evans

Mates on a high ... being at Falls Creek taught Pete Evans life lessons.

Skiing at Victoria's Falls Creek was not just the most fun a kid could have; it also taught chef, restaurateur and TV presenter Pete Evans some critical life lessons.

Photo galleries

Photos

Early snows hit resorts

Perisher Snow

Things are looking up for skiers and snowboarders with early snowfalls across Australia's mountain resorts.

Snow has fallen at Perisher Valley and Thredbo

Snow at Perisher Valon May 14.

Snow has fallen at Perisher Valley and Thredbo on May 14.

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Travellers Tips

Snow

Tweet it from the mountains

Real-time reports, high-tech lift passes and smart ways to clock your speed: technology has officially arrived, writes Rachael Oakes-Ash.

Vancouver

Prepare for rain and border delays

Here are some tips for planning a trip to Vancouver, host of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Travel News

Party at the festival without a ticket? Yes, you Cannes

Cannes festival beach

5:23pm | Inside the Cannes temple of film-making, moguls meet movie stars and buyers and sellers wrangle over what we will be watching on the big screen a few months from now. But almost as compelling is the scene outside the Palais des Festivals.

World's first video call from Everest summit 'illegal'

2:50pm | A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday.

United Airlines resumes Dreamliner flights

11:12am | United Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights Monday after the advanced plane was globally grounded four months ago due to overheated battery incidents.

From fleeing Taliban to 'best job in the world' contender

ROBERT UPE 10:54am | Daughter of the former Afghan president in the running for 'best job in the world'.

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