Not since Al Gore’s 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth has such a powerful documentary feature film come out about the Earth’s changing climate. In the recently released Chasing Ice, National Geographic photographer James Balog trains revolutionary, time-lapse cameras on glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and Glacier National Park in order to capture a multiyear, undeniable [...]
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The Right Whale Encounter
The most rare of all large whales, right whales were given their common name by whalers, who identified them as the “right whales” to kill. At fifty feet long and weighing seventy tons, right whales were hunted for their plentiful oil and baleen, which could be made into corsets, buggy whips, and parasol ribs. During [...]
Want to Be More Productive? Look at Cute Baby Animal Photos
A highlight of any nature travel experience is seeing baby animals: fuzzy and clumsy Churchill polar bear cubs, just emerged from the den; young Yellowstone wolves tumbling and rolling as they “play” fight; or inexperienced lion offspring, learning how to stalk and hunt. We all know that babies — of almost any species — are [...]
“Geography of Hope”: The Wilderness Act Turns Fifty in 2014
Today, November 6, 2012, is Election Day in the United States. This is the day when the American people decide who will become their next president. It also denotes the end of ubiquitous, annoying, and often bitter political campaign ads — at least for a while. So, on this day, it’s especially appropriate to point [...]
