Nature & Wildlife
With the presidential election coming up next week, I can’t help but think about the future of our world—mostly the next four years—and what it will look like. There are so many things that I would change, as I’m sure you would, too. So, what would my priorities be if I ruled the world?
Canada & the North
The first time I heard the expression “Eskimo roll,” I was standing on the deck of the M/V Sea Spirit, a small, polar-adapted, expedition ship that was my home for two weeks as I traveled around the southern coastline of Greenland, from Tasilaq on the west to Illuissat on the east.
Latin America
With temperatures predicted to top 90 degrees Fahrenheit all week in Wisconsin where I live, I, of course, have been thinking about ice. For the past two decades, in fact, my thoughts have often turned to the world’s glacial fields and how climate change is changing them.
Nature & Wildlife
Since 1970, the annual Earth Day has been a time for us to reflect on the beautiful planet, the third from the sun, that we call home.
Canada & the North
Equip yourself with the right gear and an imaginative spirit, and you’ll have a delightful experience photographing the northern lights. These tips come to you from our northern lights adventure in Churchill, Manitoba–one of the best places on the planet to witness the aurora borealis. 1. Keep an extra camera battery close at hand.
Conservation
In the environmental world, it’s sometimes characterized as the classic debate: should wild areas be preserved for their intrinsic qualities, or should they be conserved for their resources?
Travel Tips
A small ice rink, created by flooding a flat piece of ground in front of the elementary school that was just two blocks from my home when I was a child, never failed to lure me outside on cold, Wisconsin winter nights.
Antarctica & Arctic
The Earth’s poles have a special kind of pull on me—sometimes called the “ice blink”—and that’s why on this Christmas Eve, I’m thinking of them.
Canada & the North
The first-ever departure will focus on the Arctic through a female lens via outdoor adventures, Indigenous storytelling and learning about powerful women leading lives as entrepreneurs, scientists and trailblazers in Canada’s North Natural Habitat Adventures is pleased to introduce our very first Arctic expedition exclusively for women on the 7-day Northern Lights and Arctic Cultures trips running February 4-10…
Antarctica & Arctic
There’s a myth that Iceland got its name because Viking settlers didn’t want people flocking to their verdant island. They wanted to make sure that their descriptor for the place would deter interlopers and visitors.
Nature & Wildlife
There are places in the world and experiences in life that make you forget about time. For me, one of those spots is in Yellowstone National Park, and many of those episodes happen when I’m on a nature tour.
Nature & Wildlife
National parks are some of our favorite wild places, set aside for all of us to enjoy and for wildlife to find some yet remaining, far-too-scarce natural habitats. Here, in these lands, we can recharge, find solace and connect and reconnect with our families.
