Behind the Scenes: Advocate on Ice – Lens

Behind the Scenes: Advocate on Ice

Polar photography requires an understanding of the environment and great patience, Kerri MacDonald notes, traits inculcated in Paul Nicklen by the Inuit.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/behind-24/

Paul Nicklen is terrified in big cities. Having grown up on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, he feels more at home diving into frigid seawater alongside a hungry leopard seal than riding the subway.