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22 OctoberÌý2005
WILDLIFE EXPEDITIONSÌý
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Sandi Toksvig is joined by three intrepid explorers who seek out wildlife in remote areas of the world.Ìý
Writer Michelle PaverÌýhas gone to an awful lot of trouble to research her books,Ìýsnorkelling with killer whales, eating raw seal blubber and encountering a polar bear.Ìý Expert tracker Julian Matthews has seen the most beautiful and exotic animals butÌýis still searching for a sight of the elusive snow leopard.Ìý Martyn Roberts doesn't seem to understand the concept of a quiet holiday, instead he's caught cheetah in Namibia, tracked elephants in Sri Lanka and spotted whales in the Azores.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
This week's guests:Ìý
, formerly a patents lawyer, she gave it up to write full time.Ìý Michelle is the author of Wolf Brother, the first in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series.Ìý The stories in her chronicles concern the relationship between a boy and a wolf and to research the lastest book Spirit Walker, Michelle travelled to the Lofoten Islands to study the terrain and the landscape, and to Greenland to look at killer whales and to research the way of life of the Innuit people.
Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)
Publisher: Orion Children's
ISBN: 1842551310
Spirit Walker: Bk. 2
Publisher: Orion Children's
ISBN: 184255171X
TheÌýÌýoff the North coast of Norway
Julian Matthews is the Founder Director of an award winning nature travel business calledÌýwhich combines nature travel and wildlife conservation.Ìý In 2003 his concern for Indian wildlife, especially the Tiger's continuing collapse, prompted him to launch a campaign to get UK and International Tour Operators together to use their 'business pressure' to support better and more sustainable wildlife and tourism practices in parks in the India subcontinent.Ìý This campaign is called .Ìý
Mission statement: "Promotes sustainable conservation of the planet's wildlife by involving, the public, with scientists across the globe on real hands-on wildlife research and conservation expeditions."
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 Sandi Toksvig:
The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Sandi has been travelling all her life more info |
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John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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