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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
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– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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Nov 1, 2024
Preparing for a trip
Things have changed.  There used to be a time when I would approach a trip in a blasé manner, insouciantly setting off with the biggest...
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Oct 18, 2024
Getting to know the King of the North
Wildlife photography trips are full of long hours with nothing to do. Â Our ship was steaming away to the next place. We were in one of...
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Oct 4, 2024
High Drama at the Waterfront
There are times when you watch a scene unfold in front of you, right from the start to the very end. Like when you know that the cheetah...
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Jul 26, 2024
A windfall of bears !
“ Bear in the water…behind us !!! “  That line set up an unprecedented, scarcely believable few hours for us.  But, before I get into...
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Jun 13, 2024
Random Thoughts from a Ship's Deck
Phototrips can be bloody tiring. I reached home a little after noon. A journey that was a tale of delayed flights, missed connecting...
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May 31, 2024
Hello, Arctic…here I come !
As you read this, I would have either just reached the northern most inhabited place on this earth – Longyearbyen – or set off aboard the...
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Jul 28, 2023
The Gorgeous Photo that didn't happen
It started in the most innocuous way. It is often rather difficult to spot a polar bear. The distant white spot that you might see on the...
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Oct 7, 2022
Views from the deck - II
A bird, a curious mix of dark grey ( or is it more brown ? ) and white – brownish wings and a white head and belly - came close to our...
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Sep 23, 2022
Views from the deck - I
I dug my hands deeper into my pockets searching for some warmth that could be lurking inside, hunched my shoulders a little, stamped my...
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Sep 9, 2022
The Magnificence that is the Arctic Tern
It’s a rather unremarkable bird to look at. Visually, there are birds that are far more striking than the Arctic tern, with its white and...
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Aug 26, 2022
It's real. It's serious. And it's here.
“ Its unlikely that, that bear will survive. It looks tiny in size. There is no ice around the island so its stuck there. The only prey...
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Aug 12, 2022
The Bear who liked to swim
She popped up again, her fur dripping wet, gave a weak shake of her head, spraying a much lighter shower of water around her and then...
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Aug 6, 2022
In the Northernmost inhabited place in the world
First off, sincere apologies about missing the last scheduled newsletter. I was far away, in a desolate place, totally disconnected from...
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