Paul Nicklen
When we were lucky enough to talk to the celebrated (and very busy) National Geographic contributor and ocean conservationist Paul Nicklen, he’d just got back from three weeks in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, and was heading out again the next day to capture one of the biggest sockeye salmon runs in the world.
Born to Ice is an apt title for Paul’s latest photo book. He was raised on Baffin Island, Nunavut, and grew up amid the ice fields and seas of northern Canada. The Arctic is in Paul’s blood – and because of this, witnessing the polar regions through his lens is authentic and moving. He’s well-qualified to portray the impact of climate change on the polar regions and their inhabitants – yet does so with hope.
In the foreword to Born to Ice, Leonardo DiCaprio recognises Paul’s passion for his subjects and his optimism about the future of our planet: “To witness the Arctic and Antarctica through Paul Nicklen’s lens is to experience hope in action. Born to Ice showcases the life’s work of an artist whose love for the landscape – and each animal in it – is so palpable that emotion echoes throughout every image.”
has truly been a lifetime in the making. Paul spoke to us from the SeaLegacy office in Canada (a non-profit he co-founded with Cristina Mittermeier in 2014),
