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It was just off the coast of Grímsey, a tiny Icelandic island about 25 miles north of the country’s mainland, that I spotted my first puffin. Easy to identify by its large head and orange beak, the adorable avian stood, partially hidden, among the island’s tufted greenery and rocky soil. I was beaming.
By Stephanie Mustonen, Integrated Marketing Specialist at WWF People are often warned not to go out alone at night. That was one of the first rules I was told when I visited Churchill, Manitoba—though the warning was said with a very specific predator in mind: polar bears.
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Kristina Disney Have you ever been to the places that lie in the corners of maps? Gone to places so little traveled that cartographers cover the region with markers of scale and distance, titles, legends or—better yet—pictures of sea monsters?
By Amanda Huff, Development Officer at WWF If someone had asked me what one of my “core memories” in life would be, I would have never guessed it would be watching a polar bear stroll across a tundra pond to meet up with another “friend.”
By Kelsey Braverman, WWF’s Manager, Development Research Imagine traveling to a small town on the Hudson Bay, in the far north of Manitoba, Canada for the first time, only to find that the main boulevard is very familiar. That was my experience making the beautiful journey to Churchill as we entered town on Kelsey Boulevard.
We were sitting quietly, the two of us, on a log in the forested and tall-grass wilds of Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Here, along the Cook Inlet coastline, are mountains, marshes, rivers, trees and lands that come together to make a good home for bears.
I’ve always thought of Dr. Seuss books as magical, transporting me to the most creative landscapes I’d ever known as a child. Winding shapes, curious plants, fantastical fauna…
By Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen With summer on the horizon in the northern hemisphere, winter is probably the last thing on your mind. But if seeing the northern lights is on your must-do list, now is the time to start planning!
It’s the mid-1800s in southern Australia, and the soon-to-be first lieutenant governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe, has given up the search. A ferocious beast was said to be haunting the region’s waterways, attacking and devouring its prey.
By Nat Hab traveler Ann Lauer In September 2021, my husband Ron and I traveled to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a mountainous region of Uganda bordering Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I’ve completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational 350 (ITI). It was the hardest challenge I’ve ever undertaken, and I’m incredibly proud of pushing through so much pain and adversity, including a torn rotator cuff and bicep tendon, severe saddle sores caused by Velocio’s poor quality control, and significant dehydration due to a catastrophic water bladder failure.
Chat awhile with Princess Harris—one of two eco-educators who earned Natural Habitat Adventures’ 2023 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant to travel in Mexico’s Central Highlands for its annual monarch migration—and it quickly becomes clear she was destined to lead a life of transformation and change.
