Category Archives: Wilderness

National Geographic Magazine – ‘Pictures Of The Year’ (December 2023)

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National Geographic Magazine (December 2023 Issue) National Geographic has revealed photographers’ most breathtaking and culturally relevant photos from around the world in its annual Pictures of the Year issue.

2023: The Pictures of the Year

On Tuesday, National Geographic editors revealed their top selections chosen from stories they assigned to photographers in 2023 for the fourth annual year-end retrospective. The final photos were narrowed down from a pool of 2 million.

READ USA TODAY ARTICLE (November 14, 2023)

Fall Foliage: Itasca State Park, Northern Minnesota

CBS Sunday Morning (November 12, 2023) – Sunday Morning” takes us deep into the autumn colors at Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota.

Established in 1891, Itasca is Minnesota’s oldest State Park. In this 32,000 acre sanctuary, the mighty Mississippi River begins its 2,552 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. Points of interest include old growth pine at Preacher’s Grove, Peace Pipe Vista, bison kill site and over 100 lakes. 

Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.

Travel: Arctic Territories Of Northwestern Canada

TRACKS – Travel Documentaries (October 28, 2023) – Explore Canada’s natural beauty in this beautiful documentary, from high above Baffin Island, in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut, we get a glimpse at the incredible Arctic wonders.

From the towering ice fields lining the waters of Eclipse Sound in the Arctic Archipelago, to the natural wonders of Sirmilik National Park.

Covering 1.5 million square kilometres, or about one seventh of Canada, the Northern Arctic Ecozone extends over most of the nonmountainous areas of the arctic islands and parts of northeastern Keewatin, western Baffin Island, and northern Quebec. It is among the largest arctic ecosystems in the world.

Winters pass in near darkness with the polar night measured in weeks and months rather than hours. Snow may fall any month of the year and usually remains on the ground from September to June. Extremely low temperatures and an average precipitation of about 200 mm per year characterize the climate. When not covered in snow, much of the landscape is typified by barren plains covered in frost-patterned soils and the occasional rock outcrop.

Travel Tour: Autumn In The Scottish Highlands

TRACKS – Travel Documentaries (October 24, 2023) – It’s Autumn in the beautiful highlands of Scotland, where the dramatic wilderness and spectacular wildlife thrive. Discover the secret wild places and the unexpected animals that living in the lovely cool season, as they face challenges while starting to prepare for the winter months ahead.

#autumn #fall #scotland #highland

Fall Foliage: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Western North Carolina

CBS Sunday Morning (October 15, 2023) – “Sunday Morning” takes in the colors of early autumn at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.

Videographer: Charles Schultz. @NationalParkService

Cinematic Travel: Spirits of Yakushima Island, Japan

Aeon Video (October 2023) – A hike through a Japanese forest is a love letter to Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film ‘Princess Mononoke.’ The Spirits of Yakushima forms a gentle argument for the transportive, perhaps even spiritual power of film to pull viewers into new worlds.

Directed by Steve Atkins (https://www.steveatkins.co/)

Music by Rob Martland (http://www.robmartland.com/)

California Wildflowers: Pinnacles National Park

CBS Sunday Morning (October 8, 2023) – A tour amidst the wildflowers at Pinnacles National Park, located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California, about five miles east of Soledad and 80 miles southeast of San Jose.

Videographer: Lance Milbrand.

Wilderness Travel: Hiking Oregon’s Timberline Trail

Kraig Adams Films (August 13, 2023) – Timberline Trail is a hiking trail around Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is mostly in wilderness but also goes near Timberline Lodge, Cloud Cap Inn, and Mount Hood Meadows ski area.

Video timeline: 00:00 Timberline Lodge 1:12 Ramona Falls – Day 1 (28 miles) 7:33 Cloud Cap – Day 2 (14 miles) 10:28 Panorama Ridge 12:36 Vancouver13:23 Timberline Trail behind the scenes 15:56 Portland

Japan Travel: A Tour Of Kikuchi Gorge On Kyushu

Brücke Films (August 7, 2023) – There are many wonderful places in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where my cabin is located. I will introduce a small portion of them on my own walking tour.

Kikuchi Keikoku (Kikuchi Gorge) is a 4km long gorge located in Aso Kuju National Park. The water runs from the outer rim of the Aso Crater. It is also known as Kikuchi Suigen (water source), and was selected as one of the 100 best waters in Japan

Adventure: Off-Road Tour In The Wilds Of Guatemala

Toyota World Runners Films (August 4, 2023) – An overland travel tour of the Pan-American Highway. This video features Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico, is home to volcanoes, rainforests and ancient Mayan sites. The capital, Guatemala City, features the stately National Palace of Culture and the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Antigua, west of the capital, contains preserved Spanish colonial buildings. Lake Atitlán, formed in a massive volcanic crater, is surrounded by coffee fields and villages. 

At its fullest extent the Pan-American Highway is a network of roads stretching from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, a distance of around 48,000 kilometres (30,000 miles).

The Pan American Highway: The Longest Road In The World