REDISCOVERYOUR SENSESIN ADELAIDE ANDSOUTH AUSTRALIA WITH QATAR AIRWAYS

Boasting breathtaking scenery, culinary wonders and enchanting wildlife at every turn, the abundant delights of South Australia are just waiting to be unearthed on your next antipodeanadventure. What's more, with daily flights in to Adelaide with Qatar Airways, it has never been easier to arrive in comfort and style.

Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Photographer: David De Vleeschauwer

When Europe first turned its gaze on the Arctic islands of Svalbard in the late 19th century, they saw only whales and minerals. Even a decade ago, as weekly passenger flights were ramping up, its remoteness meant that it was still mainly of interest to scientists. Now visitors can just drop in to sip the most northerly brewed beer in the world, stay in remote converted mining barracks, or snowmobile on frozen wastes where polar bears still hunt on instinct. This shot, taken from TASCHEN’s new book, Remote Experiences, captures the fascination of distant places like this. We want to feel our cheeks pinken, our toes stiffening with the cold, the snows closing all around us. For the miners who toiled in nearperpetual dark, Svalbard was a hard place, but travel has the habit of unlocking even the toughest of environments. © David De Vleeschauwer. Remote Experiences: Extraordinary Travel Experiences from North to South by David De Vleeschauwer & Debbie Peppyn (TASCHEN; £50) is out now; taschen.com

Ranthambhore National Park, India

Photographer: Andy Rouse

For travellers there is no animal more synonymous with India than the Bengal tiger (pictured). Yet while seeing one in the wild might feel like good luck, it is more the result of decades of conservation work. By 1947, some 40,000 tigers prowled India; 25 years later, this was down to 1,827. Hunting and habitat destruction tore through their population, so much so that in 1973 a last-ditch plan was put in place to save them. It was called Project Tiger. Reserves such as Ranthambhore National Park were created – a former hunting ground of the Maharajas that is now famed for its big-cat sightings. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the project and the future is looking brighter, with tiger numbers more than doubling to 2,976 in the 14 years leading up to the last census (2018). As India opens its doors to visitors once more, we’re looking forward to reacquainting ourselves with an old friend; only now we know that it isn’t luck that brought that big cat into frame, but 50 years of dedicated conservation.

© Andy Rouse/naturepl.com