Cristina Mittermeier - SeaLegacy Escape The Zoo

Cristina Mittermeier is a contributing photographer, speaker, and explorer for National Geographic. She is the Founder and President of SeaLegacy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the protection of the world’s oceans through storytelling with her partner, Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen. She founded the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) to provide a platform for photographers working on environmental issues. 



Cristina has received the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award and been named one of National Geographic’s 2018 Adventurers of the Year. She is also the first female photojournalist to reach one million followers on Instagram.



We talk about:

- swimming in icy Norwegian waters with orcas

- floating beside an American crocodile in Cuba

- the heartbreaking video of a starving polar bear that she filmed last year

- and what it truly will take to save our oceans



Please check out and support Cristina’s work:

www.cristinamittermeier.com

www.sealegacy.org

www.instagram.com/cristinamittermeier/

www.facebook.com/cristinamittermeier

www.twitter.com/cmittermeier



Sources for topics discussed:

Jacques Cousteau: https://bit.ly/2n7Xvjy

Blue Planet sperm whale family: https://bbc.in/2MThrAk

dying baby penguin: https://bit.ly/2RMS6cd

starving polar bear: https://on.natgeo.com/2KkSz1H

Tony Wu: https://bit.ly/2SGv7Eo

Lonely Whale: www.lonelywhale.org

Adrian Grenier: https://bit.ly/2MTU5dU

Racing Extinction: www.racingextinction.com

Racing Extinction extinct bird video: https://bit.ly/2GezsIR

Japan resuming commercial whaling: https://bit.ly/2LyoXju

Louie Psihoyos: https://bit.ly/2BsgOJI

SeaLegacy “STOP ICELAND WHALING”: https://bit.ly/2uzb3q1

SeaLegacy “ban deathnets”: https://bit.ly/2GheWXY

Shawn Heinrichs: https://bit.ly/2HUoZUC

Paul Hilton: https://bit.ly/2SqPUsr

Fishing village success story for manta rays: https://bit.ly/2JGfW6e

Cristina swimming with orcas in Norway: https://bit.ly/2DZBeLS

Timothy Treadwell: https://bit.ly/2DkorSq

Grizzly Man: https://bit.ly/1GP4P8d

Paul Nicklen: https://bit.ly/1lv8s9n

Paul Nicklen spirit bears: https://bit.ly/2UPDafr

International League of Conservation Photographers: https://bit.ly/2DXtCJt



Full show notes available @ https://bit.ly/2BthePW


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