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A desk phone, $600 and one very wacky photograph. That’s just about all Ben Bressler had more than 25 years ago, when the idea to create Natural Habitat Adventures was still just a flicker in the back of his mind.
Nature & Wildlife
Looking for the ultimate adventure? Travel by dog team with Polar Inuit mushers to the Ultima Thule – the legendary ends of the earth – in Northwest Greenland.
Videos
Campephilus imperialis (the imperial woodpecker) may have been the largest woodpecker that ever lived. The last documented sighting of this two-foot-tall bird happened in 1956 in the state of Durango, in the high-altitude, old-growth pine forest of the Sierra Madre in Mexico.
Nature & Wildlife
It’s the middle of winter, and for many that means snow. When it impedes driving or piles up in great drifts that need shoveling, it’s hard to remember how exquisitely beautiful each tiny flake is. But Marion Owen’s photos are a vivid reminder.
Travel Tales
Now, about the middle of January, is the time when I start to dream about the places I’d like to visit.
Videos
Curiosity can lead to wondrous things, as every scientist knows. And it certainly did recently for Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang at the British Geological Survey. Poking around in a dusty corner in the survey’s archives, Falcon-Lang happened to come across an old cabinet.
Travel Tales
James Dziezynski is a hard-core adventurer and freelance writer from Boulder, Colorado, who had the good fortune to paddle Greenland’s wild east coast with Explorers’ Corner. Read his account here!
Conservation
Wow, this is exciting news from the conservation world! A Galapagos tortoise species thought to be extinct for 150 years has been discovered through DNA analysis by a team of researchers from Yale University. Matt Kareus, executive director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association, reports on the discovery.
Travel Tips
For 2012, resolve to turn off the Internet, tune out the text and rediscover your inner self and core values — ideally on a wilderness adventure far away from technological tethers.
Conservation
A solitary young wolf crossed the state line from Oregon into California’s Siskiyou County a few days ago, marking the first documented sighting of a gray wolf in the state since 1924.
Travel Tips
It’s less than a week before Christmas, and I’ll bet by now you’re beginning to feel “gadgeted out,” tired of being bombarded with all of the e-mail, internet and TV ads for nifty electronics, smartphones, e-readers and apps. I think nature lovers, in particular, feel the commercialization of the holidays even more than others.
News & More
Question: What do Natural Habitat Adventures and globe-trotting foodie travel expert Andrew Zimmern have in common? Well, speaking just for myself, I would NOT say it’s a shared taste for fish heads, pig’s ears and assorted fried, boiled or raw bugs. (Andrew is host of the Travel Channel’s popular “Bizarre Foods” show.)
