Mary and Bruce Feay' Christmas Letters
Learn about our Earthwatch
Adventures
Christmas 2008
- Panama Canal, Rainforests and Reefs - Zegrahm Cruise
- Total Solar Eclipse and Russia - Moscow to St Petersburg Cruise
- Masters Golf Tournament - with the Smithsonian
Christmas 2007
- Tuscany, Italy - Florence and a Culinary Cooking tour
- Cancun, Mexico Whale Sharks - Isla Holbox, snorkeling with 45
foot sharks
- Cambodia and Vietnam - Siem Reap
Christmas 2006
- Mexico - Monarch Butterflies - amazing sight to see
- Galapagos - Cruise to see wonderful wildlife
- Springfield, IL - with the Art Institute to see the Dana Thomas
house, Lincoln sites and to learn about Illinois
- Brazil - Amazon Riverboat Exploration - An Earthwatch helping
determine that community conservation is working by helping get data on
animals in Picaya-Samaria Reserve.
- South Georgia and the Falklands - A bit north of Antarctica, with
king penguins in huge numbers and and abundance of fur seals and young
elephant seals.
Christmas 2005
- Japan - Snow Monkeys and Cranes - a winter trip to enjoy Snow
Monkeys and the winter gatherings of cranes in Japan.
- Scotland - A cruise around the North of Scotland to see birds,
ancient ruins and beautiful scenery
- Golf at Reynolds Plantation - and Dave Pelz Golf School
Christmas 2004
- Tsavo, Kenya - Lions of Tsavo - helping to study the maneless lions
of Tsavo
- Uganda - Chimp trek and Game viewing - to the Kibale forest
and Queen Elizabeth Park as a pre-extension to the Migration Safari.
- Tanzania - Great Migration Safari - Arusha, Kilimanjaro foothills,
Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and a private tented camp on the Serengeti.
- Florida - Hurricane Jeanne and golf school
- Churchill, Canada - Polar Bears of Manitoba with Earthwatch
to study the play behaviour of Polar Bears
Christmas 2003
- Pantanal, Brazil - Conserving the world's largest wetland, a
critical freshwater ecosystem project being done in partnership with Earthwatch
and Conservation International.
Team 1 - Wetlands and Peccaries; Team 2 - Bats and Frugivores.
Christmas 2002
- Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca's Copper Age Archeology Project - Digging
through the prehistory of settlement and cultural influence on Mallorca
- Alaska, US - Safari to Denali, Ruth Glacier, Glacier Bay, and Pack
Creek.
- Saldanha, South Africa - Whales of South Africa
- Characterizing the migratory behavior of
humpback and right whales to strengthen their conservation
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana - Crocodiles of the Okavango -
Investigating the ecology of a keystone species to
balance its wetland ecosystem
Christmas 2001
- Sarasota, Florida - Wild Dolphin Societies and golf
- China and Tibet - with OAT, Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa (Tibet), Yangtze
River Cruise and the Three Gorges Dam site, Wuhan and Hong Kong.
Christmas 2000
- Churchill, Canada - Climate Change on the Edge of the Arctic and
Beluga Whales
- Shenandoah Valley - Shenandoah Wildlife - mostly deer, and
Washington DC plus Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
Christmas 1999
- Maui, Hawaii - Humpback Whales
- Naivasha, Kenya - Saving
Kenya's Wild Heritage
- Melbourne, Australia - Forest
Marsupials
Christmas 1998
- Dog Sledding - Eli Minnesota
- Argentina - Black Howlers
- Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
-
Polar Bears
- Costa Rica - Dancing Birds
Christmas 1997
- Costa Rica - Dancing
Birds
- Queen Charlotte Island
- Eldertrek
- Ellensburg, Washington - Caring
for Chimps
Christmas 1996
- Nagarhole, India -
Elephants of South India
- Zimbabwe - The Elephant
factor
- Costs Rica - Costa
Rican Leatherback Turtles
Christmas
1995
- Antarctica - and Penguins, Seals, Whales, Icebergs and Mountains
- Kangaroo Island, Australia - Echidnas
- Venezuela - Capuchin Monkeys
Christmas - 1994
- Polonarua, Sri Lanka - Toque macaques
- Lake Naivasha, Kenya - birds, crayfish, bugs and solar radiation
- Berenty, Madagascar - Lemurs
Christmas 1993
- Costa Rica - Capuchin Monkeys
- Zimbabwe - Pangolins
- Madagascar - Lemurs
Christmas 1992
- Sri Lanka - Toque Macaques
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - Leatherback Turtles
- Madagascar - Lemurs
Christmas 1991
- St Croix - Leatherback Turtles
- Madagascar - Ringtail Lemurs
Christmas 1990
- Nepal - Small Carnivores
- Hong Kong - Reptiles, Frogs, and Skinks - we did butterflies
Christmas 1989
- Nepal - small Carnivores
- Tonga - Giant Clams
- Bimini - Lemon Sharks
Christmas 1986
- New Zealand - Te Maori, Ruetepepuke with the Field Museum
Christmas 1985 - Our First
Earthwatch - to Borneo
Christmas 1976
- Hawaii as a tourist
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