Travel Tales
Lenin’s Kittiwake | Olaf’s Corner
A black-footed kittiwake swooped in from the Arctic Ocean and landed on the bald head of Lenin, the Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Travel Tales
Hello, Nature! | Olaf’s Corner
There is a story about the colorful character named Bob in the Broughton Islands. If you are lucky, you can see him for yourself. You just need to get into a kayak and go on an early morning paddle through the island group.
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Travel Tales
The Calm Before the Storm
From time to time, in the rarest of circumstances, we have the chance to stand between two windowpanes of existence. We have the opportunity to occupy a space, firmly planted between reality and a “pseudo reality” that we generally inhabit.
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News & More
Plants and People: Moving to Antarctica for Good—or Bad?
With our warming climate, some plants are managing to hitch a ride to Antarctica. Will they colonize and thereby change the continent?
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Travel Tips
Cruising in Style in the Amazon: Must See & Do
There is nothing quite like exploring the world’s largest and greatest rainforest than on a unique and intimate Amazon River cruise.
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Travel Tips
6 Adventures that Will Make You Love Winter
According to Climate Central, an independent organization of scientists and journalists that researches and reports the facts about our changing climate, last year was the hottest in the past 135. Now, as we approach fall 2015, it’s looking like this year just might top that record.
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Nature Photography
Photo Journal: Three Places To Still See Icebergs
Icebergs, those floating carvings that rival any great artist’s sculptures, are enthralling. Because they move, tip, constantly change and evolve, they seem to be living, “breathing” creations. They become even more precious when you realize that the shapes you see in them today could be totally different tomorrow. Not many masterpieces can claim that.
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Travel Tales
Travel Tale: Rite of Passage—Crossing the Drake
I’ve wanted to go to Antarctica ever since I first heard about it when I was a young child, probably in a children’s book about penguins or on TV. I thought it looked like a winter fairyland: so white, so pure, so beautiful. I dreamed about it for decades.
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Videos
Video: How Whales Help Sequester CO2
We know that the world’s forests—boreal, temperate and tropical—play a large role in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2)—as long as drought, harvesting, insect damage and wildfires don’t overpower them. But we may have another “champion” helping us to combat rising CO2 levels: whales.
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Travel Tales
Photo Journal: When Scotland Hits You Hard
Scotland gave me a right punch to the head. And I don’t mean metaphorically. I expected to be awed by its rugged coasts and Iron Age forts. I just didn’t anticipate the real, knock-you-down physicalness of it.
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Nature Photography
Photo Journal: Art on Alcatraz, a National Park Unit
National Park Week in April always inspires stories and reflections on our favorite national parks, especially the well-known ones, such Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon and Glacier National Park.
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Travel Tales
Yuko in Action – An Antarctica Travel Tale | Olaf's Corner
I had a client called Yuko. Tough in action, sweet in demeanor. Big on doing, little on small talk. Those are my favorite kind of clients on expeditions.