That first ember of excitement you feel burning inside from the moment you decide it’s time for a new adventure is an invigorating feeling. From the initial destination-dreaming phase to signing the trip form’s bottom line, you can sense the flames of positive energy building. You start to prepare yourself by reading about and researching [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Happy Birthday, Global Warming
Happy 35th, global warming. No, I’m not implying that the earth started to warm up just 35 years ago, but that this month marks the birthday of the two-word term.
On August 8, 1975, Wallace Broecker published a paper titled Climate Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming? in the journal Science. [...]
Harp seal hunt curtailed, but pups still in peril
When Ben Bressler launched Natural Habitat Adventures 25 years ago by taking a handful of guests to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, he had a distinct goal: to protect harp seals through ecotourism. If enough money could be generated for northern Canadian communities from visitors coming to see these fuzzy white babies on the [...]
Self-Portraits While Traveling Solo
When I sign up for group tours, more often than not I enroll as a single traveler. It’s not for lack of family or friends (I hope!); it’s because either I’m the only one I’m acquainted with who can take the time away from work or because I’m the sole person I know who wants [...]
Nature Revisited
It was fall when I saw the little town of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada, for the first time. Like most of the other visitors there at that time of year, I went to see its polar bears. That trip also marked the first time that I ever set foot outside the United States. That milestone, [...]
Live From Churchill: Daily Report on the Polar Bears! Oct. 20
Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: A polar bear hotspot at Gordon Point, plus moose and caribou sighted from the air.
