This is a guest blog post by WWSG exclusive thought leader, Paul Nicklen. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” –Rachel Carson When my parents chose to move our small family from Saskatchewan to the remote Arctic and undertake the biggest […]
This is a guest post by WWSG exclusive speaker, Paul Nicklen. When I stepped off the plane on location for my next National Geographic assignment, I was immediately hit with a wave of nostalgia. It had been years since I left my hometown on Baffin Island in Canada’s far north, but the Arctic is the kind […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.” – Steve Irwin Last fall the SeaLegacy team was […]
This is a blog post from WWSG thought leader Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul Nicklen’s work, visit his website. Most of my shoots are planned months, sometimes even years in advance. I spend that time consulting local experts, checking the weather, anticipating lighting conditions, and plotting the logistics of reaching often […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” –Aristotle For those of you who have been sharing in my journey, you are probably already aware of […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.” –John Muir Last summer, my close friend Marven Robinson, a respected leader and wildlife guide in the Gitga’at community of Hartley Bay in […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.”— Albert Einstein Now that we are well into October, I am starting to feel a familiar sense of nostalgia for the far north. […]
This is a guest post by WWSG thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. “Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt Out of all the wildlife I have had the privilege of photographing […]
This is a guest blog post by WWSG exclusive thought leader, Paul Nicklen. All images are copyrighted. To purchase Paul’s work, visit his website. In the 1700s, Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, gave them the name Monodon monoceros, meaning “one-toothed one horn.” However, narwhals have long been part of the knowledge of arctic cultures […]