by Earth Vision Institute | Nov 15, 2015 | Media Coverage
From Iceland to Antarctica to the summit of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, American photographer James Balog has made it his mission to document the world’s melting ice. Risking it all for that perfect shot. It’s his way of convincing people of the...
by Earth Vision Institute | Sep 16, 2015 | Media Coverage
‘‘In wildness is the preservation of the world.’’ Henry David Thoreau coined this adage in the 1850s, the same decade during which Edwin Drake drilled America’s first oil well in Titusville, Pa. Wilderness conservation and the hydrocarbon economy have been uneasy...
by Earth Vision Institute | Mar 9, 2014 | Field Notes
March 3, 2014 Matt Kennedy, Staff Photographer and Multimedia Producer “Difficulties are just things to overcome” –Sir Ernest Shackleton To those familiar with the trials and misfortunes met by explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the men of the Trans-Antarctic Imperial...
by Earth Vision Institute | Mar 3, 2014 | Field Notes
The Antarctic Peninsula separates the warm maritime climate of the Bellingshausen Sea to the west and the cold, dry continental climate of the Weddell Sea to the east. Thus far, we have been traveling and working along the western edge, but this morning, we crossed...
by Earth Vision Institute | Feb 25, 2014 | Field Notes
22 February 2014 Dan McGrath, Resident Scientist, Earth Vision Institute The faint glow of the soon to be rising sun welcomes our arrival as we nose into Andvord Bay on the western Antarctic Peninsula. We passed unscathed through the Drake Passage thanks to calm...
