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  • Conservation

    Nat Hab’s 2025 Sustainability Report

    Nov 9, 2025 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    We’re pleased to share Natural Habitat Adventures’ 2025 Sustainability Report! At Nat Hab, our mission is conservation through exploration—we believe thoughtfully designed travel can help protect nature and transform the world for the better.

  • Europe

    The Folklore of Lakes and Waterfalls in Iceland

    Nov 5, 2025 · Emily Goodheart

    Iceland’s many lakes and waterfalls are steeped in myth and legend—ancient tales of fairy folk, hidden treasure and Norse gods surround these watery realms. Iceland’s folklore has been recorded since the 12th century, and these enchanting stories are integrated into the histories of the country’s natural wonders.

  • Conservation

    Iceland’s Greenhouses: Growing in the Land of Fire and Ice

    Nov 5, 2025 · Laura Kiniry

    Every year on the first day of summer, Iceland’s Horticultural School—part of the country’s agricultural university in Hveragerði—opens its doors to the public. Visitors pour into this education and research facility to see exotic tropical plants thriving, including bananas. About a ton of these fruits, which typically prefer hot climates, are cultivated here each year.

  • Canada & the North

    Iceland’s Waterfalls: Shaped by Fire, Ice and Time

    Nov 5, 2025 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Edward Savage Iceland is home to some of the most spectacular and photogenic waterfalls in the world. These falls may not always carry vast volumes of water, but their rugged volcanic settings make them mesmerizing.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Biodiversity and Building Better Cities

    Nov 4, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I like to think of biodiversity as a symphony orchestra, where each note, each instrument—every single part—is needed to make the whole. In the concert called “biodiversity,” then, every species, from microscopic life to towering trees and vast oceans, plays a vital role.

  • Alaska

    Nat Hab Elevates Alaska Bear Camp Experience With New Cabins

    Nov 2, 2025 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Nat Hab is unveiling major upgrades at our private Alaska Bear Camp with the introduction of 10 new en suite wooden cabins and an expanded timber-framed dining room and lounge for the 2026 season.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Circadian Rhythms, Saving Hours and Time Travels

    Oct 28, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Daylight savings time—the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time—will end on November 2 this year. That means that we’ll set our clocks to “fall back” into standard time.

  • Alaska

    Bunking With My Mom at Bear Camp

    Oct 23, 2025 · Megan Brief

    My mom grew up in New Jersey, where the corn grows knee-high by the Fourth of July, and black bears battle raccoons over breakfast. She was raised on stories by Laura Ingalls Wilder and taught to be brave by women like her Aunt Sally. “Hey, bear! Hey, bear bear!”

  • Alaska

    Alaska Bear Camp: Comfort Comes to the Bear Coast in 2026

    Oct 21, 2025 · Rebecca Self

    Imagine morning mist lifting over Lake Clark National Park’s Chinitna Bay, a faint breeze moving through the meadow, and brown bears lowering their big muzzles into tidal flats to dig for clams. Now picture yourself on the deck of your new handcrafted cabin—one of only ten—quietly taking in the spectacle as the day begins.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Snow: Why We Need It and How We’re Losing It

    Oct 21, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I grew up in the Midwest. That means that as a child, as the joke goes, I had to decide on a Halloween costume that could incorporate my winter coat.