They seemed to be coming my way, so I turned my zodiac engine off. I hoped they would come closer, but I wasn’t prepared for the energy they brought as they surged forward. Waves, smooth skin, tusks, and the sound of mystery. Narwhal are real life unicorns. They are quiet yet powerful. They are a…
I’ve been back and forth between Canada and Greenland for the last month and a half. It’s always a privilege to explore the ice here in Ilulissat, and I’ve been posting to the @lindbladexp account all week with pics from this Greenland/Iceland voyage. Our National Geographic Explorer’s grant begins next week. Time for a new adventure –…
Oh my. Of all of the portraits we bring to you, the polar bear’s profile must be one of the most beautiful. With as many moods as any person I’ve ever met, these creatures surprise me each time I see them. Each encounter is a gift and a reminder of how beautiful the ocean is…
I love finding little tableaus from the places we visit – these details bring out the story of place. Here (and this is the answer to yesterday’s question), Danish and Greenlandic artifacts decorate the wall of a sod house at the museum in Sisimiut, Greenland. Photo by Eric Guth.
All roads lead to the ocean, north and south. Happy #worldoceansday . #meetthenorth #lindbladexpeditions#iceland #southcoast #iceberg #ice#photooftheday #instaiceland#mystopover #icelandtravel #beach#beachparty Photo by Eric Guth
This is the seawall that protects Shishmaref, Alaska from erosion caused by sea level rise, sea ice loss, and changing storm patterns. What will protect us now? Well, we’ll have to do make our own protections and our own agreements. And today’s absence of political leadership will make space for new leaders to arise, I…
A weekend getaway is a little different up north. Can you even see the cabin? We spent a few days here with the cracking ice for company. Saw a polar bear en route. Remembered the sound of no sound. #meetthenorth #lindbladexpeditions #bylotisland #nunavut #cabin #getaway #quiet #snow #ice #arctic #white #whiteness #seaice #landscape #cottage #cabinlife #tundra #isolation #calm
#meetthenorth in Scotland! It was two years ago this week that I packed my bags to begin this project, and my first stop was this comparatively tropical landscape on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Scotland now markets itself as the “Near Arctic Nation,” as the Arctic Ocean opens up and many countries…
Getting out there. It’s by talking to people outside of my usual community that I begin to change my ideas about what other people are like into a lived experience of spending time with them. Listening brings us closer together. Here, Karla Nayokpuk shows me photographs of her father’s dog team while her mum, Elizabeth,…
A little midday reading: “Every twenty-four-hour day is a tremendous gift to us. So we all should learn to live in a way that makes joy and happiness possible. We can do this. . . I think to myself that this day is a day to live fully, and I make a vow to live…