Travel Day to Cape Churchill – November 15, 2007
This morning began with a flurry of activity. This will be my 17th Gordon Point to Cape Churchill expedition. The day dawns with a beautiful sunrise and polar bears are dotted around the Tundra Buggy lodge. The clear skies from the night before have given way to the region’s typical blanket… Read More »
Polar Bears Seen From Cape Churchill Tower
Yesterday I accompanied a group of volunteers from Polar Bears International who flew by chopper out to Cape Churchill. Our mission was to refuel the remote robotic camera that is perched in the tower and used for science and data collection. It’s October 29, and Hudson Bay is wide open.… Read More »
Polar Bears International 2007 Leadership Camp
About three weeks ago I spent time in Churchill, Manitoba helping Polar Bears International (PBI) with a program they call Leadership Camp. More than a dozen kids from around the world came to the Tundra Buggy lodge to learn about how the warming climate will affect the Arctic and polar… Read More »
Daniel J. Cox and Nikon’s One Thousand Words Campaign
Nikon recently chose Dan’s work to be featured in the September/October issue of American Photographer magazine. In each issue Nikon highlights a long time Nikon shooter to discuss how they use Nikon cameras and also the photographer’s current work. Dan had a chance to discuss his ongoing conservation project with… Read More »
Dan’s Work Featured in Nikon World and on the Nikon Website
I’ve been a loyal Nikon shooter for over 25 years. Nikon has a beautiful quarterly magazine called Nikon World and this month one of its features is a story on my work with polar bears. If you’re interested in downloading a PDF file of the magazine click on the Nikon World cover… Read More »
HP Online Service
Over the last couple months we have ordered ink and paper for our HP printers directly on the HP’s website. Not only was it very easy to do but the bonus “buy one get one free” paper,”buy one, get one 1/2 off” ink and then free next day shipping has been… Read More »
Building Buggy One
Come see what it took to put it all together. Customizing a Tundra Buggy into a sophisticated mobile video production studio was no easy task. A week before our contract with National Geographic we had to replace virtually the entire wireless radio system that the whole project depended on. 110mph winds… Read More »
It’s Worth Writing
This past summer Daniel and I lead one of our photography trips to see the brown bears in Alaska. While departing from Kodiak Island, Alaska Airlines forced me to check my carry-on that enclosed our video camera. I was fuming! Throughout the trip this bag was fine as a carry-on… Read More »
Polar Bears and Climate Change
Greetings Nature Enthusiasts, Welcome to my first column here on the Corkboard at Natural Exposures. I’m writing to you from the shores of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. It’s hard to believe but I’m sitting in the comforts of a Tundra Buggy, running a streaming video feed for Polar Bears International which… Read More »
Welcome!
Welcome to Natural Exposures “Corkboard.” We decided to give our blog the name “Corkboard” since we will all be contributing advice, messages, and information based on our specialties. Just as a traditional corkboard hung in the corner of the room with post-it notes and messages, our corkboard will be viewed in the corner… Read More »