Progress

December 28, 2008

Tags: Polar bears

Christmas went well, in the end - certainly as well as could be expected in the circumstances. Writing has been productive; I have sent off five draft chapters to Lisa White, my editor at Houghton Mifflin, and although a couple need some work, it's better than not sending five draft chapters. (more…)

Home

December 21, 2008

Back home. I am sitting in the room where, 40 years ago, I was nursed, and where, ten weeks ago, my father died. (more…)

The Particular Joys of Being a Freelancer

December 4, 2008

There are times, I will admit, when I think that maybe I should finally bite the bullet and just get myself a job. (more…)

Publications

The Whaling Season: An Inside Account of the Struggle to Stop Commercial Whaling
The inside story of the campaign against commercial whaling, as told by the leader of four Greenpeace voyages to confront the Antarctic whaling fleet.
At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions
The story of how the Arctic and Antarctic have influenced, and in turn been affected by, human history.
Witness: Twenty-Five Years on the Environmental Front Line
A photographic history of Greenpeace, with introductory text by me, and a foreword by the Dalai Lama.