JOIN THE ADVENTURE!
Behind every great National Geographic story lives a
great storyteller. Meet them at The Straz.
These three National Geographic Live explorers take you
along for the adventure of a lifetime with exclusive images and
behind-the-scenes tales from their work in the fi eld.
INTO THE ARCTIC KINGDOM
with Florian Schulz, photographer
TUE • JAN 15, 2019 • 7:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
Despite the Arctic’s reputation as a barren wasteland,
award-winning photographer Florian Schulz discovered a
vibrant ecosystem including playful polar bears, mysterious
musk ox, and a herd of thousands of caribou over the
course of 34 months in the high arctic. To the German
explorer, it was a quest for an uncharted wilderness that
stands in contrast to an otherwise ever more populated
and industrialized world.
WILD FLORIDA:
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
with Carlton Ward, Jr.,
wildlife expert and photographer
TUE • FEB 26, 2019 • 7:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
Eighth-generation Floridian Carlton Ward, Jr. has trekked
more than 2,000 miles across Florida during two National
Geographic-supported expeditions to showcase a groundbreaking
Schulz Florian ©statewide vision to protect the last of our wild
WILD SEAS, SECRET SHORES
with Thomas Peschak, photographer
TUE • APR 2, 2019 • 7:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
We’ve all seen it online – the photo of the great white
shark tailing a yellow kayak on a clear blue open sea, the
man inside the boat looking tentatively over his shoulder
at the dorsal fi n. That’s a Thomas Peschak picture. From
this one photograph, he launched a viral sensation that
has lasted more than ten years, his trademark style of
capturing images so iconic, so magnetic, so atypical that
his photographs are instantly recognizable. As a National
Peschak
Geographic photographer and explorer, Thomas spends
Thomas up to 300 days per year surrounded by ocean, shooting
©powerful conservation stories where the animals in his
photographs become their own best advocates. places. Both expeditions produced award-winning books,
PBS fi lms and widespread outreach. His current National
Geographic project, Path of the Panther, uses sophisticated
camera traps and intimate photojournalism to create an
unprecedented glimpse into the life of one America’s most
endangered and elusive predators.
©Carlton Ward, Jr.
©Thomas Peschak ©Mac Stone ©Florian Schulz
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