Jill Goes to Cape Churchill
November 17, 2013 I’m about ready to head out on my first journey to Cape Churchill along the shores of Hudson Bay. I’ll be volunteering for Polar Bears International during my time there. Each year, Frontiers North Adventures generously provides Tundra Buggy One to Polar Bears International in order to… Read More »
Around Cape Horn, on to Ushuaia & Punta Arenas
This morning at about 7:00am we pulled into the port at Punta Arenas, Chile. We left Ushuaia, Argentina yesterday early in the morning after spending a day in the little community at the tip of South America. Sailing ships have obviously added a tremendous boost to the local economy and… Read More »
Time Magazine Features Dan’s Photo on the Cover
One of the first long term projects I ever produced involved documenting the life history of whitetail deer. Much of that work was published in the form of a coffee table sized book titled Whitetail Country back in 1987. I’ve since moved on chronicling the lives of many different animals… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Cruise to Antarctica: Cuverville Island
A beautiful day to spend at this landing! This area is home to 6,500 breeding pairs of the charismatic little Gentoo Penguins. The colony was spread out along the snow-covered beach area and some had made their way up the hillsides to the rocky areas to start building their nests.… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Cruise to Antarctica: Gerlache Strait
Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Thanksgiving Day. We could not have asked for nicer weather as we cruised along the beautiful and impressive Gerlache Strait. This area is a must see if you are visiting Antarctica. Reflections of icebergs in the water and snow swept mountains encircled our ship…the picturesque scenery with… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Cruise to Antarctica: Hope Bay and Esperanza Base
Hope Bay, Antarctica Sound The Argentina Base Esperanza (Spanish “Hope Base”) is located in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The first known human inhabitants of the bay were three Swedes back in 1903. They were forced to spend a winter there after their ship was turned away from bad ice… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Cruise to Antarctica: Adelie Penguin on King George Island
This morning we were blown out of Half Moon Bay where we had hoped to go ashore. Unfortunately a change of plans is just par for the course in Antarctica. We left Half Moon Bay and made our way to a calmer destination in Admiralty Bay and the Henryk Arctowski Polish… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Cruise to Antarctica: Wilson’s Storm Petral
A Wilson’s Storm Petral recuperates from a night on the deck of our ship. One of our bird experts handles the beautiful little bird before letting him go.
Aperture Updated in Digital Camera RAW
Aperture was recently updated with the newest Digital Camera RAW software. This update includes some of the very newest cameras including Nikon’s D610 which is a fairly recently released camera. Apple’s Aperture team seems to be getting faster at getting these updates out which is a good sign for things… Read More »
Nikon, Panasonic, Sigma Lens Test by NE Explorer Mark Pemberton
I’ve written previously about the Panasonic GH-3 micro four thirds camera and the 100-300 mm lens but never in a comparison lens test. We were certainly delighted with the results we obtained during our recent visit to Africa. But how would it stack up against my professional Nikon 200-400 f4.0… Read More »