‘Arctic Light’ draws attention to global warming
Presentation, photographic journey aim for wildlife literacy
SEASIDE — Sponsored by the grant on the continent’s north-
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‘Arctic Light’
West Coast naturalists trav-
eled to the Arctic last year to
create a photographic journey
featuring spectacular moments
in the Barter Island polar bear
habitat. Acclaimed nature pho-
tographers Neal Maine and
Daniel Dietrich will open a
conversation in support of the
Alaska Wilderness League at 7
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the
historic Gilbert Block build-
ing, located on the corner of
Holladay Drive and Broad-
way. Doug Ray, an environ-
mental consultant working
with the North Coast Land
Conservancy and who trav-
eled to Kaktovia, Alaska, with
Maine and Dietrich, will be
the master of ceremonies wel-
coming guests and introducing
the program. This event is free
and open to the public.
The Campion Foundation
focuses its wilderness program
Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Alaska, British Columbia,
the Yukon and the Northwest
Territories. The Alaska Wil-
derness League’s mission is
to lead the effort to preserve
Alaska’s wild lands and wa-
ters by engaging citizens and
decision makers with a cou-
rageous, constant, victorious
voice for Alaska.
“I feel that the story behind
any image is more important
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maximum impact from any
image comes from watching,
learning and understanding an
animal’s behavior long before
clicking the shutter,” says Di-
etrich.
Neal Maine, after a 30-year
career as an award-winning bi-
ology teacher at Seaside High
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utive director of North Coast
Land Conservancy, which he
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21
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co-founded in 1986. Since his
retirement from the land trust
in 2010, he has pursued his
passion for nature photogra-
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ages.
For each purchase of “Artic
Light” artwork by Maine and
Dietrich, Steven Kazlowski’s
book “The Last Polar Bear”
will be gifted (a $40 value).
Through Kazlowski’s un-
paralleled imagery, a critical
modern environmental issue is
brought to life. “The Last Po-
lar Bear” places the reality of
climate change in everyone’s
hands.
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Neal Maine and Daniel Dietrich will speak about Alaska Wilderness League at a presenta-
tion of their Arctic photography Feb. 21.
On a trip to the Arctic, Neal Maine and
Daniel Dietrich photographed polar bears
on Barter Island, Alaska.
“The continued survival of
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in their warming and melting,
arctic world is uncertain, yet
their fate is also a wake-up
call compelling us to act now
to stem global warming,” says
Kazlowski.
This event was organized
to help remind its audience
that being aware of an incred-
ible moment can change a
generosity of Avery Loschen,
a satellite pop-up community
room was made possible at
the Gilbert Block building.
Entrance to the event will be
through Beach Books located
at 616 Broadway. For further
information, call Neal Maine
at 503-717-2298, Beach
Books at 503-738-3500, or
Denise Fairweather at 503-
738-4003.
Submitted photo by Neal Maine / PacificLight Images
thought with ripples that may
affect many. It is hoped that
wilderness literacy at the in-
dividual level is an important
building block for intelligent
decision-making awareness.
The
presentation
is
co-sponsored by Denise
Fairweather of Fairweather
House & Garden, and Kar-
en Malmsten-Emmerling of
Beach Books. Through the
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