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Nature & Wildlife
I’m a tree hugger from way back; in fact, you could say I was hugging trees before tree hugging was cool. So when a book titled The Songs of Trees recently hit store shelves, I couldn’t help but notice.
Travel Tales
It became impossible to keep the heavy sled straight on the newly frozen river. The 13 panting Greenland huskies in front of us repeatedly veered off to the side of the steep canyon, causing the heavy load to topple.
Churchill Polar Bears
As a new member of Nat Hab, I was initially nervous when I set out on my journey to Churchill, Canada—the Polar Bear Capital of the World. The excitement of experiencing one of the adventures I help facilitate combined with the anxieties of being out in the field made for a nerve-wracking departure.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a dazzle of zebras. Photographer Peter Ibbotson was photographing in the Welgevonden Game Reserve when he spotted zebras walking down a path in a line. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Videos
Close your eyes and picture a vivid green, lush rain forest that’s teeming with life. If I asked you where you imagined you were, your answer would probably be something like the Amazon or Costa Rica. But not too long ago—geologically speaking—your reply could have been the Arctic.
Travel Tales
While I’m not a hardcore birder—I don’t routinely wake at the crack of dawn to spend time with our feathered friends—I always enjoy getting to know a region’s bird life.
Alaska
A mother grizzly bear and her two cubs were walking about 5 feet in front of our line of travelers in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
Nature & Wildlife
You know when you’ve been away too long. You find yourself feeling a bit wistful for the comforts and familiarity of home, or you get a knot in your stomach when you think about the family, friends or pets you left behind.
Travel Tales
A visit to Sichuan, Qinghai and Shaanxi provinces of China in autumn reveals amazing sights, including incredible encounters with wild golden snub-nosed monkeys that have lost their fear of people.
Nature & Wildlife
“Just before our landing in Kitamaat, our Expedition Leader, Moira Le Patourel, gathered the guests in the wheelhouse of the Island Odyssey and asked each of us to express any particular feelings we had about our nature adventure together.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a relaxing scene out of India. Photographer Abhaya Shukla was photographing tigers in multiple parks, patiently waiting for the perfect cat pose, and finally captured it in Ranthambore National Park.
Travel Tales
There is an interesting photograph hanging in our hallway that reminds me of a very special traveling companion named Fred. The wooden-framed picture shows a little Buddhist boy crouched on a stone window sill of a house in Kathmandu, Nepal, wearing his dirty flip flops and simple street clothes.
