Just when you thought nature was completely on the ropes, here’s a sight of the kind of abundance the world is supposed to contain. It survives to the present day, remarkably. In a world of overfishing, where bears are killed for their gall bladders, here is a different kind of place. It’s a place where bears […]
Archives for July 2008
As Goes the Arctic…
Ahoy, On July 11, 2008, about 100 participants arrived in Svalbard in the high Norwegian arctic and boarded the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Endeavor for a Climate Action Summit. We came to take ourselves out of the daily rhythm of our lives and work, to experience the spare and elemental place near the top of […]