Mylio Helping Save Polar Bears
The World Meteorological Organization recently announced that 2016 will go down in the record books as the hottest year on record. Adding insult to injury, 2015 was the last hottest year on record, which was part of the ten hottest years on record, all of them happening since 1998. The Arctic is changing fast, and polar bears will be just one of many species seriously affected. Humans are also in the crosshairs.
Polar Bear A female bear comes to investigate the camera cage on Buggy One. Gordon Point on the shores of Hudson Bay near churchill, Manitoba.
I’ve been working with Polar Bears International now for almost 20 years. PBI is more than just a great conservation group that I believe in—they’re family.
Dan and BJ wrapping up photography and video equipment used on Buggy One at the end of the polar bear season in Churchill, Manitoba.
Two of the most important tools we use to tell an effective story about the changes happening in the Arctic are still photography and video. However, having quality images and footage is useless if you can’t find them. That’s where Mylio is helping the Arctic Documentary Project and Polar Bears International get these important visuals out.
BJ taking down the wireless dish for the PBI Buggy One radio link. Kevin stands guard against polar bears.
BJ Kirschhoffer, Director of Field Operations for PBI, started at Natural Exposures as an intern. He graduated from Montana State with a degree in photography and later moved over to Polar Bears International.
BJ, Colter, and Dan camping on the Ameya Preserve south of Livingston, Montana.
Barbara Nielsen, Director of Communications, has been with PBI for over 20 years, and I know Barbara from my earliest days photographing polar bears in Chruchill. These two dedicated conservationists were recently featured in
BJ Kirschhoffer working with Mylio in the PBI photo library. Bozeman, Montana
Mylio True Stories, the online magazine, where they outlined the process of how easy it is for BJ, headquartered in Montana, to send his new images and video off to Barbara, stationed in Washington, DC. The secret is Mylio. I won’t spill all the details, you can read the online story for yourself at Spanning the Globe (And Saving the Polar Bears) with Mylio.