A word from our sponsor …

ByJennifer Kingsley
A herd of reindeer in Russia's far east.

Lindblad Expeditions has been my main sponsor since 2015. Sometimes they ask Eric Guth and me to share some stories and images from our field work, and I wanted to share some samples with you.

I’ve written about the Russian Far East:

“The flight only took an hour; it’s hard to believe that two different worlds can be so close together. We soared above the Bering Sea until the mountains of Chukotka began to show through the mist.”

And our first experience in French Polynesia:

“In the Marquesas, I learned about what happens when we go out of our way for others — even for strangers.”

And I’ve answered a few general travel questions. 

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