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News & More
They say all good things must come to an end. Last week, the Russian ice-breaker 50 Years of Victory – the vessel NHA uses for its Voyage to the North Pole trip – announced that it will be retiring from operating passenger expeditions.
News & More
NCAA March Madness is in full swing and that means it’s time for our 2nd annual Wildlife Faceoff Bracket Challenge! Some of last year’s biggest contenders are back, including the 2013 champion, the polar bear.
Travel Tales
Sandra Elvin always thought she would grow up to be a veterinarian. Sandra acquired her love for nature from her father, who after spending one day in Canada’s open spaces, decided to move his family there. Trained as a wildlife biologist, Sandra is currently pursuing a Ph.D.
Conservation
Coca-Cola and three global organizations including WWF are giving a #toasttowater to draw attention and mobilize global action and attention to freshwater issues on World Water Day, March 22. Their website will display a compilation of posts coming in from around the world.
Videos
In ecological circles, a trophic cascade is a term used to describe a process in an ecosystem that starts at the top of the food chain and works its way down to the bottom.
Conservation
Environmentalists around the world are putting cutting-edge technology to use on a daily basis. “New technologies have given conservationists abilities that would have seemed like super powers just a few years ago,” WWF Chief Scientist Jon Hoekstra wrote in an essay in this month’s in Foreign Affairs magazine.
Travel Tales
The world is shrinking. Advances in communication, computer technology and transportation have all played a role in making the world a smaller place. Now, it’s easy to “travel” to an exotic locale, just by the stroke of a finger across a small, mobile screen.
Conservation
As a traveler, you have tremendous power to decrease the demand for illegal products by making informed purchases. Your purchases abroad and at home have a profound impact on wildlife. Demand for illegal products made from endangered species fuels wildlife crime and devastates populations of elephants, marine turtles, rhinos and tigers, among other species.
Travel Tales
March celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. To inspire you and the women in your life, we are featuring profiles of women we know who thirst for adventure and care deeply about the planet. Melissa Scott’s extraordinary knowledge of nature and effervescent personality earned her the title of NHA’s Staff Naturalist.
Videos
Churchill, Canada is known as the “polar bear capital of the world,” however the Arctic is also home to several million people around the world. Kelly Turcotte, a Churchill resident calls it home. In this short video he explains why he’s chosen to live in such a harsh environment.
Travel Tales
It usually starts with a small plume of water out in the open ocean, typically quite an underwhelming sight.
Travel Tips
Some teenagers are masters at weaseling their way out of so-called “family time.” Taking teens to see the world on a nature journey is a great way to foster deeper family ties—and make them better world citizens to boot. It’s a great use of summer vacation time.
