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On the Edge.

10,000 Birds

This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. We found a spot where the pack ice hadn’t completely come in and stayed for hours, watching curious Ringed Seal watching us. Hopefully a few photographs can help convey the experience.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals.

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