The Antarctic Peninsula, a spectacular 700 mile long peninsula separated from South America by the Drake Passage is one of the most rapidly warming regions of earth. A decade ago, when I first began my studies as a marine biologist at Palmer Station on the central western Antarctic Peninsula, the adjacent Marr Glacier would calve more »
Producing high definition television shows has its challenges anywhere in the world. There are always a host of weather, logistic, technical or other issues to contend with. Ours is an imperfect world and so over the years our TV crews have become pretty adept at problem solving in the field. As one Buddhist Monk remarked more »
Our world is interconnected. Pollution in the North equals climate change in the South and population shifts in the East affect the environment of the West. And throughout it all, the White Continent evolves. Greenhouse gases are choking the planet and it’s getting worse. Pollution and the impact of humanity is taking a toll in more »