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Friday Photo: Into the Amazon
Traveling from the UK to our research camp in the Peruvian Amazon last year took four long days. By far the most enchanting part of the expedition was journeying from the bustling jungle city of Iquitos up into the Amazon’s smaller headwaters..
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Science and Expeditions
Expeditions are about developing an understanding of the environment around you, and frequently – although it might not have been an intended outcome – an understanding of yourself..
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A little clip from the Amazon
Chester Carr, a friend of mine from the Amazon has put together a great little video of our time there last year, it’s well worth a look.
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Friday Photo: Red Bellied Piranah
There’s lots of fish in the Amazon. One with perhaps the most impressive reputation is the Piranha. To bust a popular myth, no they’re not..
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I’ve barely scratched the surface of rainforest living, with two expeditions adding up to only a couple of months. Nevertheless the learning curve was huge
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Friday Photo: Rain in the Amazon
We visited the Amazon in the dry season. Every day the water levels in the lakes and rivers would drop several inches, as daytime temperatures soared to the high thirties..
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A small corner of the Amazon
If I were to say the word ‘rainforest’ what normally springs to mind is an endless expanse of untamed wilderness..
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Friday Photo: Adolfo
Without the help and support of local field guides, our work in the Amazon simply could not have happened. This is Adolfo, aged 64, he comes from a village on the edge of the Pacaya-Samiria reserve..
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