National Geographic Live: Polar Obsession With Paul Nicklen, Photographer January 25, 2011

Four years into a career as a Marine Biologist, Paul Nicklen realized he needed to study nature from a different perspective. So he set out on a three-month solo journey to photo-journalistically document the wilds of the Arctic. Nicklen's award-winning work allows the public a glimpse into the mysterious and sometimes deadly polar landscape.