Chile’s Guafo Island was once listed for sale in a NYT advert for $10 million. Now, it’s the site of an Indigenous-led conservation project that could provide a new model for how to balance human needs with coastal conservation around the world: worldwildlife.org/magazine/issue…

Mountains in the Northern Hemisphere may not open for months, but at Nevados de Chillán in Chile, the snow is dumping, the natural wine is flowing and the hotels are better than ever. trib.al/xUrXCs5

Patagonia's glacial waterways are being contaminated by sewage—just one of many side effects the Argentinean region is facing, thanks to overtourism. trib.al/HWOU6ww

COMING THIS FALL! Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert by Mark Johanson Pre-order 👇 Shop local: t.ly/71dlb Munro's Books: t.ly/oblOE Indigo: t.ly/VNjcv Amazon: t.ly/bP7M5

I’m excited to announce the release of my literary debut, Mars on Earth - out in hardcover on Oct 1 from Rocky Mountain Books. This travel memoir follows an extraordinary odyssey through the heart of the world's driest non-polar desert―the Atacama.

Thank you Shafik Meghji for your sharp, thoughtful review of Mars on Earth! I’m beyond excited to see it on the pages of Geographical . Let the countdown begin to publication in just over month…

My Geographical review of Mark Johanson’s Mars on Earth — an insightful & engaging exploration of the Atacama Desert — is now online. From ghost towns to observatories, mystics to miners, he shows this inhospitable region is ‘anything but lifeless’. geographical.co.uk/news/review-ma…

I recently sat down with AFAR Media for a Q&A about my new book, Mars on Earth, looking at what it's like to travel in the driest inhabited place on earth, how to find serendipity on the road & the mind-warping appeal of arid landscapes... afar.com/magazine/mars-…

On Hannah Murray Lopez's TRE in The Afternoon from 16.00CET, Graeme Donald on words & expressions relating to alcohol, Mark Johanson's 'Mars on Earth:Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert', and Stefanie Powers on her career, 45th anniversary of Hart to Hart, recent U.N. honour + WHWF

We looooove a good travel book roundup! Check out '12 of the best books to inspire your next trip' from National Geographic – including Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert by Mark Johanson 🇨🇱 nationalgeographic.com/.../best-trave…

Guna Yala, Panama, is incredible. But by 2050, it might be gone. For AFAR Media, Mark Johanson shares how Indigenous stewards are protecting the culture of these disappearing islands: afar.com/magazine/how-i… #longreads Longreads