True North

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Joel Centano

Paul North is an Undersea Specialist with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic who spends six months a year in cold climates from the Arctic to Antarctica, delving into frigid seas while capturing stunning photos and videos to share with guests during onboard presentations. I had the pleasure to meet North last April on an expedition cruise to Washington State’s San Juan Islands (see my 4/29/16 post, Sucia Island Slow-Down), and recently caught up with him for an interview. Our discussion, published in a Dream Job installment on The Virtuoso Life blog, ranged from the sanity of working in subfreezing conditions to everyday steps we can take to save our seas.

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Global Good

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Joel Centano

Philanthropic travel has the power to keep on giving – both for the “giver” and the “receiver” in the equation. I was recently reminded of this lesson while researching young travelers who effected positive change in the communities they visited, and who, in turn, changed and grew themselves as a result of their experiences. Read more about their efforts, and find a sampling of worthy voluntourism opportunities for travelers of any age, in my article, “Lasting Change,” written for the June 2015 issue of Virtuoso Traveler.