Bears, Salmon and Drama at Alaska’s Anan Creek
Anan Creek in southeast Alaska is one of those special places where people can get amazing views of bears feasting on salmon. This BBC video shows some great footage of some Anan Creek action.
Author: Tim Irvin
Tim Irvin is a naturalist and guide, and the Director of Wildlife Journeys, a wildlife tourism company that leads expeditions in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Can We Put a Value on Nature? Should We?
How much is nature worth? One 1997 estimate put its value at $142.7 trillion. But what about those people in China who pollinate apple blossoms by hand? In this episode of Radiolab, Jad and Robert talk with some of my favourite authors, including Carl Zimmer and J.B. Mackinnon, and discover that this simple question – how much is nature worth? – is not very easy to answer.
Photo by flagstaffotos.com.au Canon 20D + Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Grizzly Expectations.
Sometimes unexpected things happen. When this grizzly bear decided to swim across the river I don’t think it expected that the current would push it right past our zodiac that was anchored mid-channel…
View From My Office Today
Today was a good day. It was the kind of day that makes a guy feel pretty darn lucky to be a bear guide. As far as jobs go, it is a good gig.
I know I waxed all eloquent about rain in my last post. And it is all true. But there is a place for sun. Especially for action shots of things like grizzlies chasing salmon…
In Praise of Rain (and Orcs)
I’ve been in the Great Bear Rainforest for two and a half weeks now and it has only rained once. But I have been hoping for rain. The way the mist and clouds mingle with the mountains on rainy days makes me feel like I’m somewhere in Middle Earth…
Dispatch from the Great Bear Rainforest
Twelve years ago I arrived in the Great Bear Rainforest for my first job as a wildlife guide. I was a seasoned field biologist and had spent many seasons over mountains and tundra, but the coast was a whole new world for me. My boat skills were rusty, I knew almost nothing about the ocean and tides – and very little about grizzly bears. But it was not difficult to decipher that I was in a very special place. And it did not take me long to fall in love with it.
New Gallery: Snake River Yukon
Last summer my partner Heidi and I went on a fabulous three week canoe trip on the Snake River in the Yukon.
The last time I visited the Yukon, I was a much younger man. 18 years younger to be precise. After a season of tree planting in Ontario I was looking for an adventure before university resumed in September. My plan was to paddle 700 km down the Teslin River into the Yukon River to Dawson City by myself…
The underwater beauty of the Great Bear Sea
Tavish Campbell and Pacific Wild give us a breathtaking view of the colourful life under the surface of the Great Bear Sea.
National Geographic’s Joel Sartore: Making people care about endangered species one photo at a time
In this video National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore makes a case for using images to get people to care for endangered species.
Photo: Cheetah by Joel Sartore
Eagle caught on film hunting deer
Talk about a lucky shot! A camera trap set up by tiger researchers captures a golden eagle attacking a sita deer.
I found the last page of the internet
It has some of the most useful advice ever to appear on my computer screen.
Bruce Kirby invites Stephen Harper on a camping trip.
Over the last two decades Bruce Kirby has paddled and hiked in some of the Earth’s most remote places. He has also guided hundreds of people on wilderness trips and written two national bestselling books about his adventures. His breathtaking wilderness images have been published widely and he is a regular columnist with the Globe and Mail.
This Canada Day he invited our Prime Minister to join him for a three day wilderness camping trip…
Max Finkelstein and the Talmud of Paddling
I was out jogging in the Ottawa arboretum this afternoon, when I spotted a green heron standing on a log in a small pond trying to eat a frog. I don’t see green herons very frequently, and this one was much more concerned with the frog than with me, so I was able to watch the action at close range. It was a nice surprise since my legs were feeling quite heavy and I was happy for a break from running.
While I stood there a couple dogs came by followed by a guy with his arm in a sling. I pointed out the heron and we fell into conversation. As it turned out, this guy was Max Finkelstein noted canoeist and writer…
In this issue of Photo Life magazine: Seeking Nature in Nunavut
I have a feature story in the February/March 2012 issue of Photo Life magazine. This is the second story I’ve published that sprouted from a seven-week solo canoe trip in Nunavut.
WWF, the Great Bear Sea and the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
Last fall staff and supporters of the World Wildlife Fund traveled to British Columbia to explore the central coast aboard the Island Roamer, and I was fortunate enough to be their guide.
With the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal looming over the coast, it is an important time to draw attention to this unique and spectacular place. WWF tries to do just that in this video, referring to this region as the Great Bear Sea…