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Western Newfoundland Close-Up: Fall Colours Gros Morne National Park and the Bay of IslandsGros Morne National Park is spectacular at any time of the year but it is in the fall that it shows ...read more |
Eastern Newfoundland Close-Up: The Avalon and Bonavista PeninsulasListen to the explosive spout of a humpback whale as it breaks the surface of a clear blue ocean. Se ...read more |
Western Newfoundland Close-Up: Gros Morne National Park and the Great Northern PeninsulaJoin us on a photographic adventure featuring two magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites and many d ...read more |
Workshops
Tour Leader: Dennis Minty
Dennis' path from his small island roots in Twillingate, Newfoundland to his current career as a photographer and eco-tour leader has taken him through more than 30 years of both local and international work. He has been an award winning wildlife biologist and environmental educator as well as author of both educational and photographic books and CD-ROMs.
One of his environmental education projects was given official endorsement by the United Nations. Dennis has been awarded the Living Rivers Conservation Award from the Quebec Labrador Foundation and the Canadian Governor General's Medal for his work in Environmental Education.
While working in the Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division for more than 20 years, he designed and managed a nature education and wildlife rehabilitation centre; he trained over 600 teachers in environmental education; supervised the operation of the province's seabird sanctuaries and helped lead the Newfoundland/Labrador in the protection of its most important natural areas.
As a naturalist, photographer and eco-tour guide Dennis has served many seasons in varied locales around the world including Iceland, Greenland, Canada's east coast, Hudson Bay, where he has lead land-based polar bear trips, and, perhaps most notably, both ends of the earth - the Arctic and Antarctica. His travels have also taken him to such far off places as Argentina, Costa Rica, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Seychelles, Scandinavia and many countries of Africa and Europe.
On his Newfoundland home he says, "It roots me. After half a lifetime in the Newfoundland outdoors, I am still overwhelmed by its visual richness." On being a tour leader he says, "Some of my biggest kicks come from discovering the wonders of nature with others. My own joy is renewed when fellow travelers see their first iceberg or humpback or puffin or polar bear. It's impossible to become indifferent to such spectacles when you share it with others of like passion. Sometimes the silence is deafening. It is always humbling."