Writer. Radio producer. National Geographic Explorer. Founder of #meetthenorth. Working with @lindbladexp and @natgeo.
I spent much of this past year floating on the Pacific Ocean and studying its stunning shades. My friend Alexandra and…
My research has attuned me to the power of invitations. They make us feel seen, included, valued, and welcome. They are…
I’ve just spent five weeks in Tahiti and the Cook Islands with Master Navigator Tua Pittman, and I’ve been learning…
I’m headed back to Polynesia for a crash course in Traditional Polynesian Voyaging and to document the life story of…
I’m teaching a class in climate storytelling at Georgetown University this week. I remember the day someone suggested I was…
Our first story about the French Polynesian island of Makatea came out on May 4, 2021 with Hakai Magazine. There’s…
Stories are made to be shared, and today I am proud to share my first series of documentary films with…
Wa’xaid was also known as Cecil Paul. He was Xenaksiala from Xesdu’wäxw, what they call the Kitlope on the British…
National Geographic Education uses its global network to help Explorers from all over the world interact with students. Through live,…
I wrote my friend Poemoana Teri’inohora’i in Tahiti the other day. Because of Covid-19, I will not see her this…
Since we first visited French Polynesia and the Marquesas Islands in 2018, we’ve been working on a series of films…
I love telling stories on stage, to camera, or live for web-based events. Stories are made to be shared, and…
It was an honour to be part of Women’s History Month this year along with 30 other women who were…
Here is a story I wrote for National Geographic Russia. This story appeared both on-line and in the printed magazine…
National Geographic ran a pilot project at the University of Virginia this month. The organizations worked together to create one…
Here is Meet the North’s next National Geographic story. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka,…
I was invited to talk with filmmaker/photographer Austin Meyer on his storytelling podcast. We spoke about Meet the North and…
In preparation for a return to the Russian Far East this summer with Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic, photographer Erika…
Lindblad Expeditions has been my main sponsor since 2015. Sometimes they ask Eric Guth and me to share some stories…
I talked with Rob Rosenthal of Howsound about my CBC documentary “Humans of the Arctic.” We chatted about searching out…
I have the honour of being part of National Geographic’s Educator-Explorer Exchange this year. My educator partner is Kelly Koller…
I enjoyed working with the team at Hakai magazine on this story “Frozen Ocean: A photographic primer on the dynamics…
“Meet the Elverums,” a documentary that I made for CBC’s the Sunday Edition, has won first place in the Radio…
The title says it all! This June, a new chapter of my cultural storytelling begins in French Polynesia (insert endless…
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