We thought we\’d take a small break from our usual updates because we need to digest the news. Democracy, very much like a bear, can be a difficult beast. It looks beautiful and powerful, but when it turns against you, suddenly it has a set of scary teeth and claws. 48.11% of the EU referendum voters have …
UK leaves the EU: an issue hot enough to burn a polar bear’s butt! Read More »
\”There she blows…!\” \”We have a humpback whale on our 11 o\’clock\” shouts the onboard ranger as the whole lot of passengers run towards the left side of the boat! We had an epic start to our adventures. We drove down to Seward with Alexander and Andrea, our new conference friends to take a cruise boat to …
The whale, the other whale, the otter and the rest of the stuff Read More »
The conference The conference begun with an evening buffet in the Dena\’ina Civic and Convention Centre. This must have been the largest IBA (International Bear Association) conference ever! More than 450 people registered to attend. Bert and I spent most of the first evening trying to spot people I know or people we needed to interview …
Bear people, incomprehensible stats and learning how to listen Read More »
Day 8 After the day out shooting, we realised that we needed to check some of the archery shops around. I own a recurve bow in Greece, but I have been looking for a takedown recurve for a long time because you can break them down to three small pieces and travel with them. We spent …
The hot tub, the danger bear and the birthday moose Read More »
Welcome to Alaska First of all, curtains: the third best thing after bears and lemon sorbet. I was so excited about Alaska, I completely forgot that summer here means that the sunset and the sunrise are so damn close together, it doesn\’t get completely dark. Newfound appreciation for curtains and being able to read time. We …
Dear friends, I had to take a few hours to digest this (and faint multiple times) – our project achieved its funding target! Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! ***small break to do a little dance*** We cannot believe it!! Thanks to all of you, we are now be able to go to Alaska and do all those things (and …
We are just about to step into the third week of our campaign and guess what! The project is funded by 61%! This is so extremely exciting! We are very grateful for all the help. Please, continue to share and talk about it with your friends! Your support is invaluable! A big bear hug to you all! https://uwe.hubbub.net/p/storiesofconservation/pitch/
Hurrrahhhhh! I spent about 3 hours this morning fighting computers and flight companies! But we now have our tickets for Alaska! The lovely people I work for gave me a month off, so we are going for just under a month. Toronto, Canada for 4 days, Alaska for 20 and going back via Toronto (cheaper that flying …
We\’ve booked our flights! – it\’s happening-it\’s happening Read More »
I have been away from the Greek mountains for about 9 months now and I miss everything about them! During my placement I worked as a bear field researcher on Mt. Voras, N. Greece. I come from a little village called Panagitsa (literate translation: little tiny Mother Marry) located on the foot of Voras, so I …
