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Ways of Seeing
January 01, 2020
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A geologist, ecologist and photographer walk into a bar... On the wall they see this photo of a magnificent cliff face on Disko Island, Greenland. The geologist looks at it and speaks of its age and stratification and explains the pink blush in terms of mineral content and more. The ecologist's eye is drawn to the large orange patch on the lower le...
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Salmonier Nature Park
December 30, 2019
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It was 1972 when I first found this gully in the centre of Salmonier Nature Park. I had been hired as the first manager of the place and had been handed over this completely wild and wonderful representation of the central Avalon landscape to work with. I was using map and compass (no GPS then) to find my way through dense woods, wetlands, brooks a...
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Saglek Fjord, Torngat Mountains National Park, Labrador
December 16, 2019
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"The Torngats speak to me. Their scale is overwhelming. Jagged peaks nearly a mile high surge up from royal fjords that bring the cold rich Labrador sea deep inland. Even in July, snow and ice cling to the deeply shadowed northern faces. It is a spiritual place. A person has no choice but to feel small here. The transience of human life is palpable...
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Polar Bears
December 02, 2019
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Polar bears are the icons of the Arctic. Each year I'm usually lucky enough to encounter a few. For a couple of years, I was working as a polar bear guide in Churchill, Manitoba where each day we would go out in large vehicles custom-built to traverse the tundra with little impact. The operators have been doing this for years so the bears have beco...
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