Marilyn Terrell

Chief Researcher, National Geographic Traveler

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Behind the Scenes With Where the Hell Is Matt?
Behind the Scenes With Where the Hell Is Matt?
May 10, 2013

In honor of the new dancing-around-the-world video by Matt Harding ( Where The Hell is Matt?), I'm releasing some never-before-seen photos of Matt at work. I know, because I took them! I got to spend 22 hours aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier off the coast of California last August...

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Strange Planet: Freak Beach of Asturias
Strange Planet: Freak Beach of Asturias
May 10, 2013

Notice anything wrong with this picture? This beach has white sand, seaweed, bathers, tiny waves, rocky cliffs, and is subject to tides, but it's not on the ocean...

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Take the Silk Road to Philly
Take the Silk Road to Philly
May 10, 2013

Beginning this Friday, February 18, for a very limited time, there will be an exhibit of remarkable Silk Road treasures (including some extremely well preserved and somewhat controversial...

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Travel to Morocco with a Nat Geo Photographer
Travel to Morocco with a Nat Geo Photographer
May 10, 2013

Have you ever daydreamed about taking a trip with a National Geographic photographer and learning to shoot on location?

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Strange Planet: Giant Water Slide in Grand Rapids
Strange Planet: Giant Water Slide in Grand Rapids
May 10, 2013

A 500-ft.-long inflatable water slide stretched the length of three city blocks in Grand Rapids, Michigan this past weekend, and thousands of eager young city dwellers lined up for free r...

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Northern Lights Award
2010 - Best Internet Reporting
Canadian Tourism's annual awards for best travel journalism about Canada. I won best internet reporting for my series on a Yukon River trip that I wrote for National Geographic Traveler's Intelligent Travel blog: "Fast and Delirious," "Venus in the Hot Tub," and "So You Think Yukon Dance?"
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What was your first job as a journalist?
Answering letters to the editor at TIME magazine.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes indeed. Used a lot of White-out too. Have also used a Telex machine.

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