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AN Interview with Dr. Claudio Aporta When we look at a map of the Arctic, we tend to see coastlines, islands, shipping routes and vast stretches of ice. But a map cannot tell us how a landscape is understood by the people who have travelled across it for generations. This distinction matters as the Arctic becomes more accessible. The retreat of sea ice is changing traditional travel routes while bringing increased shipping and tourism to communities that have their own histor

To someone looking at a map, the Arctic can appear distant, empty and difficult to reach. For researchers working there, the reality is considerably more complicated. Fieldwork can involve months of logistical planning, equipment transported across thousands of kilometres and the constant possibility that conditions will force an entirely different approach. At DeSalvio Travel and Sarasota Cruise Agency, our Polar Knowledge project explores the Arctic beyond its spectacular l

'Learn to Look' My interest in photography started long before we began our Polar project. My father gave me my first real experience with a DSLR when I was eigh years old, and some of my earliest lessons happened in the Swiss Alps, photographing the glaciers. I remember being fascinated by the fact that a camera could make you look at a landscape differently. You started noticing light, texture, distance and small details that you might otherwise simply walk past. That fasci