Churchill Polar Bears
Polar Bear Paws, Problems and a Promising Plan
As the end-of-the-year holidays approach, themes of ice-skating rinks, snowflakes and cute polar bears in sweaters decorate many homes and shops.
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Travel Tales
Brown Bears, Alaska Bear Camp and Being There
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.
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Travel Tips
Travel: Changing Patterns and Aging Well
Americans, it seems, have always been on the move. In fact, the U.S. is one of the most mobile countries in the world, with 71% of us having traveled internationally at some point in our lives. Perhaps it’s because we’re optimistic searchers: always looking for a better job, a different place, or a brighter tomorrow.
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Alaska
Photo Essay: The Brown Bears and Salt Marshes of Chinitna Bay, Alaska
Alaska’s Chinitna Bay on Cook Inlet near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is the very heart of coastal brown bear country, according to the National Park Service. And now, having visited it, I can say I wholeheartedly agree.
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Antarctica & Arctic
The New, Surprising Reasons Travelers Visit Antarctica
American environmentalist, historian and novelist Wallace Stegner called our national parks “the best idea we ever had.” In 1983, he wrote: “National parks are … absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.”
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Nature & Wildlife
A New Measure for Weather: “Outdoor Days”
It’s just a little more than a month into spring, and I’m already wondering if the summer of 2024 will set a new heat record just as the summer of 2023 did. But, this time, more than setting records and reading dire statistics, I’m thinking about how those temperatures will truly feel to us.
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African Safaris
Video: Slow-Motion Capture of a Running Cheetah
Cheetahs are the fastest runners on the planet. They can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just three seconds.
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Conservation
A Wild Reading List: A Compilation from Explorers & Experts
Most of us know the wonder of travel isn’t limited to the trip itself. Our excitement extends from packing our bags to the journey home. The feeling of an expanded consciousness lingers long after we return to our daily lives. The most seasoned travelers intentionally cultivate this excitement, wonder, and education beyond their trips.
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Alaska
Roads: The Winter and Wildlife Kind
Travel is back. And it’s back in a big way. Following the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, flying is rebounding. But road trips remain one of the most popular forms of traveling in this postpandemic world.
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Nature & Wildlife
Fjords Play a Big Role in Storing CO2
Long, deep and usually surrounded by breathtaking cliffs, a fjord begins as a U-shaped trough, gouged out by an advancing glacier. When the glacier retreats, rising seas enter these trenches, eventually forming finger-shaped, steep-sided inlets, commonly more than 1,000 feet deep.
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African Safaris
New Year’s Resolution: Eat Like a Tanzanian
If eating better is one of your goals for the New Year, you’re probably considering adopting guidelines from the popular Mediterranean diet, becoming a vegetarian or, perhaps, following Paleo diet recommendations. But, here’s something you’ve likely never thought about: modeling your eating on a traditional, rural Tanzanian diet.
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Conservation
Traveling Wildlife: Bird Maps and Low-Collision Crossings
In the face of ever-diminishing wildlife in the sixth mass extinction and increasing political complications, it’s gratifying to know that there are still a few, straightforward conservation measures we can undertake right now to protect the wildlife that lives alongside us.