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Join the Navy, See the World

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The traditional way most people have "seen the world" is largely overlooked today. Take another look.  [...]

The Best Seasonal Jobs for Traveling Pt. 2

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Looking for a change in direction? These jobs can initiate a whole new travel experience. [...]

How To Become A Wildlife Biologist

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Aside from the romance, what can you really expect from this career? Find out here. [...]

How to Get Work Teaching English As A Second Language

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Wanting to secure a job that allows nearly unlimited travel options? Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) can afford you the financi [...]

How to Become a Bush Pilot

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Being a paid pilot is not always as romantic as the movies portray. Some pilots refer to it as being a glorified taxi driver. Many pilots flying small [...]

The Life of a Diplomat

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Cocktail parties, foreign dignitaries, expense accounts – the stereotypical life of a diplomat hardly meshes with the Matador philosophy of greener, [...]

Becoming a Geologist

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For the longest time I thought my dad had the coolest job on earth – visiting oil rigs in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, taking helicopter trips  [...]

How To Get On the Ski Patrol

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Have you skied 30 days a year for as long as you can remember? Did you ever write to Warren Miller and tell him that you were the next skiing sensatio [...]

How to Become a Boat Captain

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Being a boat captain has its perks. You are the Top Dog, The Man in charge, the alpha-chicken in the boat world’s pecking order. You can work anywhe [...]

How to Get Work On An Alaskan Fishing Boat

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So you want a little adventure? Test the limits of your energy ? Make some money? Bask in some of the most amazing natural beauty anywhere? Good.  [...]

How to Become a Wildland Firefighter

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So, you have a summer to kill, a hankering for adventure, and you wouldn't mind saving some pristine forest or maybe a family's home from an inferno?  [...]

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