BRIDGING THE GAPS

wild stories

SCIENCE & OUTDOOR CULTURE

photography portfolios

SCIENCE EXPEDTIONS

Surfer walking across a shallow river on the beach holding sunscreen

upclose portrait of a women applying sunscreen to her cheek

woman crouching down on the beach over a surfboard applying sunscreen

woman with zinc sunscreen on holding a surfboard

surfer walking on the beach carrying a surfboard with sunscreen in her bag

two sunscreen packages stuck in the sand

woman using a conditioner bar in the shower

shampoo and conditioner bars sitting on a concrete bathroom counter

woman holding up a roll on perfume against the sky

woman laying on a bed with a book and postcards unscrewing perfume top

woman holding up roll on perfume in a field of daisies

white candle sitting in a piece of red driftwood

white candle on the beach against black and gold rocks with waves lapping at it

gold tin candle sitting on a branch with lichen

essential oil on a rock with water swirling around it

man standing on a suspendsion bridge in a rain jacket

LIFESTYLE & PRODUCT

Two kayakers floating on the glassy ocean surface

A double kayak paddling under sweeping cedar boughs

A kayaker passing an small island mirrored in the waters surface

Three kayaks between two islands paddling towards a foggy horizon

Jen Segger, endurance athlete, at the top of the Stawamus Chief with a film crew behind her

A kitesurfer in the air performing a board grab

A kitesurfer in the distance with the sunset and storming skies overhead

A freediver swims through the branches of a sunken tree

A portrait of a freediver just out of the water pulling removing her goggles

A freediver floats at the surface of deep blue waters with sunlight rays streaming all around

A woman walking on a sandy beach towards a sunny treeline

A woman runs on a sandy beach with the sun behind her

A close up of a woman's feet walking over rocks

View through a cedar sauna window overlooking the ocean and mountains

A floating sauna in a calm bay seen from the water

ACTION & ADVENTURE

camp at the Fairy Creek blockade with a Enough is Enough banner

Elder Bill Jones and hereditary Chief standing at a gate addressing the crowd

Rainbow Eyes standing on top of a vehicle giving a speech to the crowd

Drummer leading a procession up the forest road

Parade of people walking up a forest service road with cut blocks all around

Hiker standing on a boardwalk looking at an old growth tree

Three people cleaning up marine debris along a pebble shoreline

Woman walking along the rocks looking for marine debris

Ocean plastic pollution like bottles and styrofoam smashed together on the shoreline

People removing bags of marine debris off the island onto a boat

Woman taking a big boulder of polystyrene onto the boat

Looking back at the island through the ship window with all the garbage collected on the boat deck

Shore birds gathered en masse for the herring spawn with a fishing boat in the background

Gilnett fishing boat fishing the herring spawn

A big net of herring being brought on deck

Sea lions swimming through an active herring spawn area

Protest against the herring fishery, elderly woman holding a sign saying "Leave them to spawn again and again"

Up close of a baby turtle hatchling being released on the sand

CONSERVATION SERIES

surfer entering the water with her board on her head

longboarder crouching in a wave under the lip

surfer holding a yellow board between two old growth trees

portrait of a surfer with zinc on his face against a foggy tree background

longboarder with a wall of clear water coming off his board

surfer going down the wave with mountains in teh background

two surfers paddling and passing each other

three surfers paddling out together with sun coming through the clouds

surf

two humpbacks coming up to breath in the Juan de Fuca Strait

Humpback fluke with mountains in the background

beach landscape with rocks in the forefront and trees in the background

four fronds of kelp in the water from above

close up portrait of a heron with water in the background

a colony of seals hauled out on the rocks

juvenile fish swimming in a line around rocks

a group of pelicans landing in the water of a mangrove

NATURE & WILDLIFE

WRITING SAMPLES

MICROPLASTICS ON EVEREST

Peering into the microscope, Dr. Imogen Napper knew what she didn’t want to find. Under her lens lay a snow sample from The Balcony on Mount Everest, 8,440 metres above sea level, and just shy of the famed summit. It’s the highest sample ever collected for microplastic study . . .

Photo: Mark Fisher

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DEPTHS OF WINTER

There is an internal stillness that comes with breath-hold diving, also called freediving, similar to the first moments after a big snowfall. Sound is muffled and a peaceful atmosphere permeates the underwater landscape. . . .

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Another War in the Woods?

“Calling all hikers, climbers and backcountry users,” has been the callout on the Fairy Creek blockage Instagram for over a month. The outdoor community has the skills and knowledge needed on the frontlines to help defend Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek, near Port Renfrew, B.C.) one of the last remaining intact old-growth watersheds on Vancouver Island . . .

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Parks Problem: The Underfunding of B.C. Parks

The first BC park was created in 1911. The park, and the resulting system were products of the colonial mindset—in order for land to be protected from industry it needed to be assigned a purpose. Parks were given three often competing roles: conservation, recreation, and tourism. Over the past century, a provincial identity has emerged . . .

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Plastic Horizons: An All-Female Crew Sets Sail

The same ocean currents that carry vital nutrients to sustain life on this planet now also carry pollutants with the power to destroy it. Ocean advocate and skipper Emily Penn knows this all too well and she’s the reason 14 of us have embarked on this sailing/research voyage . . .

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