Cristina Mittermeier is a contributing photographer, speaker, and explorer for National Geographic. She is the Founder and President of SeaLegacy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the protection of the world’s oceans through storytelling with her partner, Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen. She founded the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) to provide a platform for photographers working on environmental issues.

Cristina has received the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award and been named one of National Geographic’s 2018 Adventurers of the Year. She is also the first female photojournalist to reach one million followers on Instagram.

Included stories

  • Swimming in icy Norwegian waters with orcas
  • Floating beside an American crocodile in Cuba
  • The heartbreaking video of a starving polar bear that she filmed last year
  • What it truly will take to save our oceans

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www.cristinamittermeier.com
www.sealegacy.org
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Sources for topics discussed

Jacques Cousteau: https://bit.ly/2n7Xvjy
Blue Planet sperm whale family: https://bbc.in/2MThrAk
Dying baby penguin: https://bit.ly/2RMS6cd
Starving polar bear: https://on.natgeo.com/2KkSz1H
Tony Wu: https://bit.ly/2SGv7Eo
Lonely Whale: www.lonelywhale.org
Adrian Grenier: https://bit.ly/2MTU5dU
Racing Extinction: www.racingextinction.com
Racing Extinction extinct bird video: https://bit.ly/2GezsIR
Japan resuming commercial whaling: https://bit.ly/2LyoXju
Louie Psihoyos: https://bit.ly/2BsgOJI
SeaLegacy “STOP ICELAND WHALING”: https://bit.ly/2uzb3q1
SeaLegacy “ban deathnets”: https://bit.ly/2GheWXY
Shawn Heinrichs: https://bit.ly/2HUoZUC
Paul Hilton: https://bit.ly/2SqPUsr
Fishing village success story for manta rays: https://bit.ly/2JGfW6e
Cristina swimming with orcas in Norway: https://bit.ly/2DZBeLS
Timothy Treadwell: https://bit.ly/2DkorSq
Grizzly Man: https://bit.ly/1GP4P8d
Paul Nicklen: https://bit.ly/1lv8s9n
Paul Nicklen spirit bears: https://bit.ly/2UPDafr
International League of Conservation Photographers: https://bit.ly/2DXtCJt
Shannon Wild!: https://bit.ly/2DYB3QF
Russell MacLaughlin: https://bit.ly/1Tl9aDC
SeaLegacy’s 19 for 2019: https://bit.ly/2Sm2rRL
Paul Hawken: www.paulhawken.com
Drawdown: www.drawdown.org
Blue Carbon: https://bit.ly/2TEQNO8
SeaLegacy #GetFishFarmsOut: https://bit.ly/2kv42kt
Cristina with American crocodile: https://bit.ly/2DZ1zt6
UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://bit.ly/1IqICxS
Steve Irwin: https://bit.ly/2ceFmc7
Juan Sharks: https://bit.ly/2x1JFlK
Ocean Ramsey: https://bit.ly/2C6O9I5
Jeremy Hance: www.jeremyhance.com
Mongabay: https://bit.ly/2rdLNDo
Overton window: https://bit.ly/1Lq77X3
Governor Jay Inslee: https://bit.ly/2BAAM59
Cristina’s TED talk on Enoughness: https://bit.ly/1aCoG8i
Cristina’s egg yolk jellyfish photo: https://bit.ly/2RPyWmd
Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us: https://bit.ly/2Dimgil
Carl Safina’s Song for the Blue Ocean: https://bit.ly/2UM1ui7
Blackfish: http://www.blackfishmovie.com/
Ramen Heads: www.ramenheadsfilm.com
Rob Stewart’s Sharkwater Extinction: https://www.sharkwater.com/
Paul Nicklen’s Born to Ice: https://bit.ly/2HX1bzu
Cristina Mittermeier’s Amaze: https://bit.ly/2DhEEYG