Have you read My Last Continent?
If you enjoyed The Tourist Trail then I’m sure you will love My Last Continent.
It’s about a penguin researcher, a shipwreck, and a romance below the Antarctic Circle.
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Exactly how penguins navigate is still largely a mystery. Every year, penguins travel thousands of miles and still somehow find their way home. Here’s an inspiring story about a penguin rescued by the IFAW, relocated two thousand miles away for rehabilitation, and then, amazingly, seen again back near his home. The first time we saw…
Penguins research going high tech
I just came across an interesting article on how the researchers in Punta Tombo are using computers to aid in data entry and spatial tracking. And at least one Magellanic penguin appears to approve of the new devices. Researcher Eleanor Lee sheds light on just how much data they collect each year: “Up until now,…
Invisible battles
In the US, we see our share of environmental battles. But more often than not these battles are waged in courtrooms and in the media. In poorer countries, these battles are waged on the land itself, with few witnesses, and they are increasingly fatal. According to the group Global Witness, activists and locals who are…
Japan must halt whaling, court says
This is great news: An international court has ordered Japan to revoke whaling permits in the Antarctic and stop granting new ones. The country’s government had argued that hunting whales was part of a research program, but the International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan hasn’t generated enough scientific research to justify killing hundreds…
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The Tourist Trail is now an audiobook
Let me just that I have newfound respect for those who create audiobooks, because after a month of starts and stops and re-recordings I’m happy to announce the audiobook for The Tourist Trail. It’s available on Audible and comes in at just over 7 hours, which by no means reflects how many hours went into…
The United States vs. The Sea Shepherd Society
I can’t say I’m surprised this day would come. When I began writing The Tourist Trail in 2008 I envisioned the FBI going after the leader of a fictional anti-whaling group. At the time, the US was largely neutral about the goings-on in the Southern Ocean. This was a matter between the Sea Shepherd and…