For almost forty years I have wandered through exotic and remote landscapes and returned to write and speak about my adventures, the people, and the environments that I have been lucky enough to encounter. I was trained as a scientist and in the beginning I merely considered my travels to be a series of physical challenges to overcome and goals  to attain. That was a long time ago.

Latest Release My new book, The Raven's Gift, was released in January, 2010 by St. Martin's Press.

     In Siberia, the harshest of lands, I met Moolynaut, a shaman of the Koryak people.  Through her teachings, and the patient conversations of many men and women from the South Pacific to the Arctic, I began to see the world as our ancestors saw it, sustainable and full of wonder. This website and my new book, The Raven's Gift; tell the story of my journey among people of forgotten seas and tundra.

"In the olden days, when the world was new, the first people talked with the animals and danced with the walrus on the bottom of the sea.  The walrus liked the people and always offered them food.  No one ever went hungry.  Those times are past, but....." From: Cold Oceans: Adventures in Kayak, Rowboat, and Dogsled