Unexplored Earth: Papua New Guinea

The vast majority of our planet has long been discovered and well documented by science. But what of those remote locations which remain largely unexplored due to their isolated positioning or political volatility? This week we’ll be taking a look at these mysterious places. Today we take you to Papua New Guinea, where the inaccessible highland forests are slowly being uncovered by modern science.

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Photo of the Week

Welcome to 2012 everyone! We hope you had a wonderful festive season and are well and truly ready for the New Year. Our latest Photo of the Week comes courtesy of Ali Shafiu and we love the beautiful colours.

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Popular Projects of 2011

We’ve really enjoyed 2011 here at Frontier, sending volunteers to countless projects all over the world and hearing about their amazing experiences. What better way to end the year than by looking back at what have turned out to be our most popular projects and destinations? Where will you go in 2012?

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Top 5 Animal Videos 2011

We're not quite finished with 2011 yet! Everyone loves a cute animal, so we thought we'd put together a countdown of the top 5 animal videos of the year. No surprise that all of the stars are babies.

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National Park Profile: Swiss National Park

Having seen this beautiful region in a feature looking at Europe's best National Parks we were keen to find out more. We spoke to Hans Lozza of the Swiss National Park who told us all about the conservation efforts taking place and what you might find there.

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Photo of the Week

If you've got the post-Christmas blues, our latest Photo of the Week is very much designed as a little pick-me-up for you. How could these little guys not make you smile? Thanks to Rasmus Juul for this one.

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Frontier style: Festive Fashion

Frontier style has now caught the same festive fever as Into the Wild, so here are some great ideas for comfort, warmth and festive cheer this Christmas.

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Volunteer Stories - The Pescod Family - Costa Rica/Madagascar

Today we meet the Pescods. In July 2010, Richard Pescod and his son Jonathan went out to our Big Cats, Primates and Turtle Conservation Project in Costa Rica. With another Frontier project booked for July 2012 in Madagascar, we caught up with this jet-setting family to find out more about their experiences and what they're looking forward to.

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Bizarre Christmas Foods

Yesterday we looked at some of the weird and wonderful ways that people celebrate Christmas around the world. Not satisfied, we decided to look into some of the different Christmas cuisine customs that have either been, or continue to be practiced around the world.

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WHAT TO PACK – FRAN - UK OPERATIONS INTERN

"As a group of students we spent our days on a building site helping in the construction of a neighbourhood care point (primarily kitchen and classrooms). One of the things I really enjoyed about this was having the chance to actually do some manual labour with such a visible result."

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Weird and Wonderful Christmas Traditions Around the World

This week Into the Wild, we're getting ourselves into the Christmas spirit. This time of year is all about tradition. We saw yesterday in our festive special 'Hox Pops' that for some, these traditions can be a little on the strange side. So we thought we'd take a little look at some of the other weird ways that people around the world celebrate Christmas.

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HO HO HOX POPS

We couldn't resist wrapping up and braving the streets of Hoxton to ask passers-by about their thoughts on Christmas. As always, we met some very interesting characters, and always, we got some great answers.

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