Where glaciers meet rainforests: the natural and human wonders of New Guinea

Few places on Earth retain an air of genuine mystery quite like New Guinea. As the second-largest island on the planet – surpassed in size only by Greenland – this massive landmass stretches across the southwestern Pacific, split down the middle into two political entities: the independent nation of Papua New Guinea to the eastContinue reading “Where glaciers meet rainforests: the natural and human wonders of New Guinea”

The Kimberley in Northwest Australia: ancient earth and living heritage.

Stretching across nearly 420,000 square kilometers in the northern reaches of Western Australia, the Kimberley is one of the world’s last great wildernesses. The size of California, but with a population of less than 40’000, it is a land sculpted by vast stretches of deep time, where ancient geology defines the landscape, and where livingContinue reading “The Kimberley in Northwest Australia: ancient earth and living heritage.”