Photograph by Maria Stenzel
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Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Over the past 17 years, Maria Stenzel has traveled to the rain forest to photograph indigenous peoples, to Madagascar to document dinosaur digs, and to the Andes in search of an ancient Inca mummy. Like most photographers, she has found one region of the world that keeps calling her back. For Maria, that place is Antarctica, the frozen underworld of big seas, ice, and a surprisingly large concentration of wildlife.
Her story about the South Sandwich Islands earned her a World Press Photo Award. In praise of this article the American Society of Magazine Editors proclaimed: “After a century, National Geographic managed to do the unthinkable and elevate the level of its own wondrous brand of photography. Never has the magazine’s imagery been more relevant and brilliantly used to tell the epic story of our planet.”
Presentation Topics
Antarctica: A Hot Spot for Climate Change
Antarctica has become a vast laboratory in which the world’s rising temperatures are having observable effects. Stenzel shows us the complex web of life that depends upon its stability.
Colony Collapse Disorder: The Perilous Decline of the Honey Bee
Honey bees are one of the cornerstones of agriculture. Stenzel explores the possible causes of their rapid disappearance, introducing us to the bees’ complex and harmonious world.
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Fire meets ice on the South Sandwich Islands, a no-man’s-land of volcanic steam, blue icebergs, and penguins by the millions.
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