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Icebreaker Tech T Lite: Bringing Sexy Back to the Traditional Travel T-Shirt

The design of today’s outdoor/active/travel apparel is a bit … dull. No surprise really as such clothing tends to be more about functionality than aesthetics. But Icebreaker’s new line of Tech T Lite shirts is an ideal blend of both. They commissioned a collection of guest artists including Ed Hepp and Adam Haynes to create [...]

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WHAT WE'RE READING

The best travel goodies and ephemera that we didn't write.

• A Proper Swedish Breakfast [Photo]
• Discovering the Secret Shipwrecks of the Baltic Sea
• Travel Quote: “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be”
• Shipwreck Carcasses Strewn Around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [Gallery]
• Ex-TSA Agent: We Steal from Travelers All the Time
• Man on 50-Day Drinking Binge Makes Unwise Decision to Open Plane Door During Landing
• The Tropic of Capricorn in Beautiful Time-Lapse [Video]
• Plumbing the Depths of the World’s Largest Underwater Gypsum Cave [Gallery]
• Braving the Perilous Terrain of Greenland’s Tasermiut Fjord [Gallery]
• 15 Enchanting Red Window Photos from Around the World [Gallery]
• The Fragile Beauty of Glen Canyon [Gallery]
• Barcelona vs. Madrid: Where Would You Go?

PHOTO of the MOMENT

Both sides of the lens from traveling photographers around the world.

Photo of the Moment: Reflections of Siem Reap, Cambodia

The SNARKY VAGABOND

A well-culled collection of curious + fascinating travel photos, posted without comment.

The Snarky Vagabond: Stuck in the Alphabet Game?