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Photo of the Week – 7.27.09

Our last photograph for this month by photographer of the month Thomas Mangelsen (a member of the iLCP) is of icebergs in Svalbard, Norway.  Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, between Norway and the North Pole which consists of three populated islands and several smaller islands, all of which are under full Norwegian sovereignty.  The total area of the islands, 61,022 sq km, is 60% covered by glaciation. Our July feature of Thomas Mangelsen kicks off the next 5 months of blogs featuring the premier photographers who will present at the WILD9 plenary. Along with many other outcomes ... Read More

Photo of the Week – 7.20.09

Our photo of the week, by photographer of the month Thomas Mangelsen (a member of the iLCP) is of the sand dunes in the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa.  The Namib has been arid or semi-arid for at least 55 million yeras, making it the second oldest desert in the world (after the Atacama Desert in Chile).  The Namib recieves less than 10 mm (0.4 inches) or rain per year!  The Namib is home to some of the tallest sand dunes in the world -- some are over 300 meters high! Our July feature of Thomas Mangelsen kicks off the next 5 ... Read More

Photo of the Week – 7.13.09

This stunning photograph by Thomas Mangelsen, our photographer of the month and member of the iLCP, is of an Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), catching spawning Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Brooks River Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska.  Alaskan Brown Bears (also known as Kodiak bears) as naturally active during the day, however, when faced with competition for food or space, they tend to adopt nocturnal behavior.  When the salmon run, typically from May through September, these bears are often found near local streams and lakes. Our July feature on Thomas Mangelsen, kicks off the next 5 months of blogs featuring the ... Read More

Photographer of the Month – Thomas Mangelsen

Our July photographer of the month, Thomas Mangelsen, kicks off the next 5 months of blogs featuring the premier photographers who will present at the WILD9 plenary.  Along with many other outcomes for wilderness conservation world-wide, WILD9 promises to be the largest conservation photography event ever! Thomas D. Mangelsen, a Nebraska native and member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, is recognized as one of the world's premier nature photographers. Mangelsen's love of nature, his life in the outdoors, and business success were heavily influenced by his father. An avid sportsman, Harold Mangelsen took his sons to favorite blinds ... Read More

Photo of the Week – 6/15/2009

This photo is by Thomas Peschak, a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and our photographer of the month. Read More

Photo of the Week – 6/8/2009

This photo is by Thomas Peschak, a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and our photographer of the month. Read More

Photographer of the Month – Tom Peschak

Thomas P. Peschak, our photographer of the month and member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, is the Chief Photographer of the Save our Seas Foundation and travels extensively in pursuit of marine wildlife and underwater stories. Peschak was born in Germany but has lead a near continuous nomadic existence and today spends the 100 or so days when he is not on the road in his adopted home of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a former marine biologist who specialized in kelp forest ecology and the impacts of illegal fishing, who left science to pursue a life in ... Read More

Photo of the Week – 05/18/09

This photo was taken by our Photographer of the Month, Jurgen Freund, a fellow member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.  This is an image of a saltwater crocodile between mangrove roots. Read More

Photo of the Week – 5/11/09

This photo was taken by our Photographer of the Month, Jurgen Freund, a fellow member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Jurgen photographed these tourists at the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, in Australia where great adventures like Scubadoo, helicopter rides, and snorkeling are very popular. Read More

Photographer of the Month: JÜRGEN FREUND

JÜRGEN FREUND was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1959. He is fondly called Yogi as Jürgen can be pronounced a million different ways causing him some shivers. Yogi is an associate member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. He studied mechanical engineering and found out it wasn't creative enough for his inventive mind. Instead of designing machines, he worked as an industrial photographer in Munich for 7 years. Lured by the challenge of marine wildlife photography, he acquired an underwater camera even before learning how to scuba-dive in 1981 in the cold lakes of Germany. Finally, he answered "the ... Read More