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This summer we're again bringing you travel stories from WWF staff. First up: Sybille Klenzendorf

Conserving Polar Bears in the Arctic (presented by WWF & Eric Rock)
Tuesday, May 21st @ 3pm Eastern (12pm Pacific)
Register for the Webinar

Learn more about WWF’s work protecting the Arctic home of polar bears during a special webinar co-hosted by WWF and our tour partner, Natural Habitat Adventures. Sybille Klenzendorf, managing director of WWF’s species conservation program, will review the threats to polar bears, outline what WWF is doing to protect them and discuss ways you can help, too.

In addition, NHA staff naturalist Eric Rock will paint a vivid portrait of the adventure that awaits when you go on a tour to see polar bears in the wild.

Register and tune in to stay up to speed on the latest conservation issues facing polar bears and the Arctic.

Learn how you can join a trip to see polar bears in the wild.

Sandra Elvin always thought she would grow up to be a veterinarian. Sandra acquired her love for nature from her father, who after spending one day in Canada’s open spaces, decided to move his family there.

In between voyages, expedition leader Mike Fogg answered our questions about Borneo and WWF’s Faces in the Forest expedition.

WWF Travel: What do you think most surprises visitors to Borneo?
Mike Fogg: Most people have a mental image of Borneo being the land of head-hunters and orangutans. What surprises most is the diversity of habitats, depth of culture and a history that is both complex and interesting.

Her early years were spent under a thatch roof hut in one of the wildest corners of the planet. Eyes constantly peeled for poachers and leeches alike, Biruté Mary Galdikas quickly got used to her surroundings in the Bornean rain forest, where she has resided for most of the past four decades to study orangutans.

At some point in our lives, each of us has either heard stories about or seen images of dancing lights in the far north of our planet. Undoubtedly, this spectacle is beautiful, but what exactly are the “Northern Lights” and where do they come from?

We usually reserve this feature on the blog to showcase WWF staff’s favorite photos from their travels around the world. Today, however, we’re showing you a watercolor painting that WWF Travel Manager Elissa Leibowitz Poma, an artist outside of work, made on a recent trip to Botswana.

During a trip to the Galapagos this past April, I was at times overwhelmed by the incredible wildlife and breathtaking vistas. But I was curious to hear a different perspective, one from people who had experienced the “enchanted islands” for years as opposed to days. So I sat down with the expedition leaders for my trip, Roberto Plaza, who began guiding in 1994, and Giancarlo Toti, a guide since 2005.

WWF Senior Policy Officer in Species Conservation, Leigh Henry, recently headed to Panama for the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting. Before she left, we caught up with her to chat about whale-viewing in Mexico’s Baja California.

WWF's Jeff Muller accompanied our recent voyage through the Amazon. We caught up with him to get his thoughts on this vast region, which contains one-third of the planet’s remaining rain forests.