Philosophy
You may remember the story of how photographer Paul Nicklen came face to face with a leopard seal, one of the Antarctic's top predators. Obviously, since he is the one who told us the story, you know he survived the encounter, but what you may not know is why he was there in the first place.
In the following TEDTalk presentation, Nicklen tells us of his childhood dream of getting people to become more acquainted with the wonders hidden beneath the ice. More importantly, and through the use of incredible photographs, he makes a passionate plea for conservation as he explains the importance that the polar caps have with respect to the food cycle: that's where it all starts.
For more on conservation, check out the environment tag.
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Philosophy
Paul Nicklen - Tales of Ice-Bound Wonderlands
You may remember the story of how photographer Paul Nicklen came face to face with a leopard seal, one of the Antarctic's top predators. Obviously, since he is the one who told us the story, you know he survived the encounter, but what you may not know is why he was there in the first place.In the following TEDTalk presentation, Nicklen tells us of his childhood dream of getting people to become more acquainted with the wonders hidden beneath the ice. More importantly, and through the use of incredible photographs, he makes a passionate plea for conservation as he explains the importance that the polar caps have with respect to the food cycle: that's where it all starts.
For more on conservation, check out the environment tag.
.
- Paul Bloom - Essentialism And The Origins Of Pleasure
If I tried to sell you the painting to the right for a hefty sum, I'm pretty sure you'd think it wasn't worth your time, or that I was trying to pull your leg. Never mind the artistic talent and effort that indubitably went into the piece,...
- Wonders Of The Solar System - Order Out Of Chaos
Taken as a whole, the solar system is a remarkable display of patterns and order: the sun sits at the center, planets rotate around it in regular and predictable orbits, and moons do the same around the planets. The very look of it superficially resembles...
- "happy Feet" Beats Feet Towards Home
Okay, this is a heart-warming story of New Zealand's famous emperor penguin, "Happy Feet", but it does raise some interesting questions of man's interference in animal kingdom scenarios as well as human activities. There is a long history of...
- Weddell Seal
James Weddell August 24th, 1787 to September 9th, 1834 Some people should never take up pen and ink to draw. Bill Ashworth [University of Missouri at Kansas City professor] wrote... James Weddell, an American sealing captain, died Sep. 9. 1834, at age...
- Ansel Easton Adams...photographer...naturalist
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