{"id":435,"date":"2018-01-24T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:56:19","slug":"mark-carwardine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/24\/mark-carwardine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carwardine"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-437 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-300x421.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer Mark Carwardine with binoculars, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-300x421.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-320x449.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-375x527.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585766-600x843.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\n<p>Over more than 30 years of travel, renowned and outspoken conservationist Mark Carwardine has visited almost every country on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Though he is well known for his whale and dolphin pictures and for taking people to see whales and dolphins, his work covers a huge range of subjects &#8211; from great white sharks and Northern white rhinos to &#8216;spirit&#8217; bears and kakapos.<\/p>\n<p>He has written more than 50 books on travel, wildlife and conservation subjects, including the best-selling <em>Last Chance to See<\/em> with Douglas Adams, and the most popular field guide to whales, dolphins and porpoises ever published. His most recent book is <em>Mark Carwardine&#8217;s Guide to Whale Watching in North America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark was chairman of the judging panel of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for several years, and has presented several BBC TV series including Last Chance to See, and Museum of Life.<\/p>\n<p>Click <span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/252368771\">here<\/a><\/span> to see Mark talking about grey whales in San Ignacio lagoon, one of his favourite places for whale watching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-435 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), the only marine lizard, basking on volcanic rocks. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01388573-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), the only marine lizard, basking on volcanic rocks. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at surface, spouting, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01300812-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at surface, spouting, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) walking in forest, from low-angle. Captive-Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, within Way Kambas National Park, Lampung Province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01299526-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) walking in forest, from low-angle. Captive-Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, within Way Kambas National Park, Lampung Province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Tourists watching Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01291961-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tourists watching Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) grazing. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01241626-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) grazing. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco walking along the ground, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01240972-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco walking along the ground, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf upside down, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-375x251.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01195882-900x603.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf upside down, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Amazon \/ pink river dolphin \/ boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-375x251.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01181924-900x603.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Amazon \/ pink river dolphin \/ boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01121256-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Humpback whale lobtailing (Megaptera novaengliae) Dominican Republic, Caribbean\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01121256-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01121256-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01121256-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Humpback whale lobtailing (Megaptera novaengliae) Dominican Republic, Caribbean\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p><span>See an expanded gallery of Mark Carwardine\u2019s images\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-photographers\/a-d\/carwardine-mark.html\">here<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over more than 30 years of travel, renowned and outspoken conservationist Mark Carwardine has visited almost every country on Earth. Though he is well known for his whale and dolphin pictures and for taking people to see whales and dolphins, his work covers a huge range of subjects &#8211; from great white sharks and Northern&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/24\/mark-carwardine\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,39,51,52,53,54,55,56],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographers","tag-photographers","tag-bbc","tag-mark-carwardine","tag-whales","tag-dolphins","tag-whale-watching","tag-writer","tag-conservationist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}