JAMES MICHAEL DORSEY

 

...is an explorer, author, and photographer who has traveled extensively in 35 countries. His journeys are mostly off the beaten path, and he frequently lives with indigenous people to record their culture.

He is a regular contributor to Ocean and Wavelength magazines, and a frequent contributor to the Christian Science Monitor. He has had feature articles with photos in BBC Wildlife, WEND, California Wild, Sea Kayaker, and Conde Nast Traveller UK. Plus the China and Alaska books of the TravelersTales series. He is a 2008 catagory winner for "Best Travel Writing," and his stories are featured in the new "Destination Adventure" series of textbooks for Canadian schools, grades 7-12. Additional stories have appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, Seattle Times, and LA Weekly newspapers.

He is a principal photographer for England's Seventh Wave magazine, and on the websites of the National Wildlife Federation, Ocean Conservancy, International Cetacean Society and newsletters of the International Whaling Commission.

As a certified marine naturalist, he guides whale trips in California and Baja Mexico. James has kayaked, canoed, or sailed the rim of fire from southern Alaska to the tip of Baja to study Cetaceans, and he frequently lectures about his travels and adventures.

He is a member and former officer of the Los Angeles Adventurers Club.

 

 
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