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My mother,
Alla Dinets.
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Military training,
Lithuania.
fish
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Ichtyological research on coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch), Commander Islands.
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gobi
Gobi Desert,
Mongolia
swamp
Okefenokee Swamp,
Georgia, USA.
cave
Caverns of Sonora,
Texas, USA.
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Ozernaya River,
Kamchatka, Russia.
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Mono Lake,
California, USA.
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Moraine Lake,
Alberta, Canada.
snakes
Yuzhno-Kurilsk,
Kuril Islands.
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Flight to Anjel Falls,
Canaima, Venezuela.
study
Studying cobras (Naja
philippensis
), Angat
Watershed, Luzon I.,
Philippines.
boat
Patrolling SF Bay for
botulism-infected birds in need of treatment.
penguins
Visiting Adelie penguins
colony, Hope Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula.
penguins
After snorkeling with king penguins,
Grytviken, South Georgia.
penguins
Communicating with a baby
Magellanic penguin,
San Julian, Patagonia.
gulls
Seagull nest counting
at a breeding colony
for SFBBO.
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Studying bats and
giant cave spiders,
Makahambus Cave,
Mindanao I.
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A visit back to Russia. Research
station in Zvenigorod, 2004.
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Traveling in Tibet.
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Ancient city of Pingyao, China.
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In search of giant flying
squirrels in Afghanistan.
     
 
maasai
Hitchhiking with the locals, Tanzania.
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Climbing Ol'donyo Lengai, Tanzania.
kids
Local kids, Madagascar.
lemurs
Catta lemurs, Madagascar.
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Driving to Oldonyo Lengai, Tanzania.
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Looking for mantella frogs, Madagascar.
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Bathing my elephant, Sumatra.
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Performing tea ceremony, Japan.
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In a ryokan inn, Japan.
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Visiting Ainu village, Japan.
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Mushroom hunting, Sumatra.
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Riding two wild manatees, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Salisbury Cathedral, England.
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Catching snakes, Madidi Nat'l Park, Bolivia.
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Cactus at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
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Fishing for dinner, Madidi NP, Bolivia.
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Isle of May, Scotland.
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Hitchhiking in Sichuan, my favorite province of China.
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Studying literature in the British Museum, England.
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My ride and her calf, Lake Qinghai, China.
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Wolong Panda Center, Sichuan, China.
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My tent on the deck of an Amazon river boat, Brazil.
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Lahore, Pakistan.
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Windy day at Kaieteur Falls, Guyana.
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Golden Temple, Amritsar, India.
gator
I use an inflatable kayak to quietly approach the animals.
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Competing with snake charmers, India.
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Traveling by ATV for many days can be a bit tiring.
Chukotka, Russia.
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Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador.
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Looking for rare birds with Nikolai Melnikov, a
Russian ornithologist. Chukotka.
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Traveling from Congo to Gabon.
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A pangolin is a rare find. Mamili National Park, Namibia.
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Playing with feral hyenas, Ethiopia.
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The Afar tribe of Ethiopia is known as the fiercest and most savage nomads in Africa.
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Me and one of my Afar friends at Erta'Ale lava lake, Ethiopia.
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Mosi-o-Tunya National Park, Zambia.
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Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
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With a giant manta ray, Tofu, Mozambique.
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Skeleton Coast, Namibia.
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Messum Crater, Namibia.

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Catching a Burmese python, Everglades, Florida.

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Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
nastya
Nastia in Tajung Puting National Park, Kalimantan.

 

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Kelimutu Volcano, Flores.
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Diving in Lembeh Straight near Sulawesi,
Indonesia.
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Wedding-day photo.
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Our wedding celebration in Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Tennessee.
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Watching Krakatau eruption from a volcanic bomb crater, Java.

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