Cameroon, a vast land of jungles,mountains,volcanic (some poisonous) lakes stretching from the Atlantic coast to impenetrable jungles inhabited by pygmy tribes is an easy flight from Paris. Right now ArcticTropic has one provider, others are invited to list by commenting below.

Kamchatka is the newest area on earth,save for a few islands, and has 15 active volcanoes, is snowbound most of the year,is bigger than California, with only 387,000 people – most of them in Petropavlovsk.

Major boiling points below:

About 100 miles away, over an ice or deep mud road,snowbound 11 months of the year, high into the mountains is a geothermal plant – to harness volcanic energy. Here is one of the buildings. Getting the power to the city is problematic.

A five hour climb brings you into a volcano that sometimes erupts . This is foul smelling hot sulfur gas escaping from the blowhole.One must walk carefully – sinking into the hot earth would turn your leg into charred bone instantly.

Back down in the valley – boiling mud bubbles out of the Earth everywhere – creating a beautiful,surreal scene.

Here’s some footage I shot a few years back – inside the steamy caldera of a Sumatran volcano!