February 1, 2004
　　Sarawak state, Borneo, Malaysia
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　A Penan boy hauls a wild pig’s head home for cooking. Pigs are the main meat source for Penan nomads, but as the logging industry demolishes foraging habitat, the pigs become less plentiful.
　　
　　(Text adapted from “Vanishing Cultures,“ August 1999, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Vanishing Cultures,“ August 1999, National Geographic magazine)

February 2, 2004
　　Hudson Bay, Canada
　　1996
　　Flip Nicklin
　　
　　"Most [female polar bears] keep their young [such as the cub at the bottom in this picture] with them for two and a half years, but many Hudson Bay mothers wean their cubs a year earlier. That allows them to breed every two years instead of the usual three. Perhaps the large number of seals at Hudson Bay influences this fecundity. The abundance of seal carcasses left on the ice might make it possible for young bears to scavenge at an earlier age and become independent sooner."
　　
　　(Text from "Polar Bears, Stalkers of the High Arctic," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Polar Bears, Stalkers of the High Arctic," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 3, 2004
　　Grytviken, South Georgia island, Falkland Islands
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　A cross on South Georgia island stands in honor of Ernest Shackleton, leader in an epic early 20th-century tale of Antarctic survival. Members of his expedition—not a man was lost—erected the monument after their rescue.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shackleton: Epic of Survival," November 1998, National Geographic magazine

February 4, 2004
　　Adirondack State Park, New York
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　"Shoeing up Mount Skylight, Adirondack resident and part-time guide Kevin Burns appreciates the power of place. ‘I grew up in Albany, which now is busy as an ant farm,‘ he says, ‘everybody racing for their piece of food.‘ But not here. ‘When it snows,‘ he says, ‘I smile.‘"
　　
　　—From "Adirondacks High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine

February 5, 2004
　　Montana, United States
　　Early 1900s
　　Edward S. Curtis
　　
　　A Piegan Indian holds a decorated medicine pipe used in the Piegan Sun Dance ceremony. The Sun Dance joined thousands of Indians to make offerings to the life-giving sun. Offerings were believed to contain sickness, bad thoughts, and other evils that supplicants were putting away from themselves. They prayed for health, for the love of someone longed for, for a change in fortune.
　　
　　—Text adapted from the National Geographic book Edward S. Curtis: Coming to Light, 2001

Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　"Over the past 125,000 years tectonic forces have lifted beaches here to form [Kaikoura] [P]eninsula‘s green hills. A legend of the Maori, New Zealand‘s indigenous people, says that an apprentice wanting to please the Creator put underwater mountains here, framing Kaikoura Canyon."
　　
　　—From "Deep Mysteries of Kaikoura Canyon," June 1998, National Geographic magazine.

February 7, 2004
　　Dry Valleys region, Antarctica
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　Because air temperatures are below freezing in this Antarctic desert, glacial melting is largely due to dust and rocks blown onto the ice. The particles absorb heat from the sun and melt into the glacial surface, creating a pool.
　　
　　Melt pools, like this one, may join and create a channel whose flow deposits rocks and dust elsewhere, facilitating more melting.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 8, 2004
　　
　　Serendipity Peak, Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　With their ride circling in the background, heli-hikers wrap up their morning trek to the summit. They will be shuttled to another trailhead in a matter of minutes for an afternoon climb.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, ilderness by Air,?July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

February 9, 2004
　　Marsabit District, Kenya
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　In the foothills of Mount Marsabit young would-be warriors guard their heritage. "If we lose our cattle," says one Ariaal, "we lose our faith in life itself. All our rituals and ceremonies lose their meaning..."
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)

February 10, 2004
　　Unknown location, United States
　　1992
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　"Admiring nature‘s handiwork, Dave Stomberg basks in the glow of a frame full of honey. Beekeepers shave off the comb‘s wax seal before they extract the honey and pour it into barrels for shipment to wholesalers, who filter and market it. ‘You never know how much honey you‘ll make,‘ says Dave, who hustles to keep his bees healthy and prays for the warm, wet days that grow nectar-laden flowers."

February 11, 2004
　　Lake Lila, Adirondack State Park, New York
　　1996
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　Lake Lila, shrouded in morning fog, lies within the state-owned portion of Adirondack State Park. The area is protected with an unusual constitutional provision: The land must remain forever wild.
　　
　　—Text adapted from "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 12, 2004
　　Yar Sale, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
　　1996
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　Nenets men engage in a wrestling match at the annual spring festival in Yar Sale. The herders stop at the town on their trek north to summer pastures for their reindeer.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 13, 2004
　　Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　The Onyx River flows through one of Antarctica‘s dry valleys, terrain so blasted by fierce winds that no snow, precipitation, or ice come to rest there.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 14, 2004
　　Kenya, Africa
　　1999
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　"[An Ariaal] bride‘s mother receives the blessing of the elders: a drop of oil from the ox slaughtered for the [wedding]."
　　
　　—From "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine

February 15, 2004
　　Columbia River, Washington State
　　Early 1900s
　　Edward S. Curtis
　　
　　A Chinook Indian sits in his canoe, grounded on the shores of the Columbia River. Chinook tribes commonly traded with local tribes to obtain canoes.

February 16, 2004
　　Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　A small coastal town forms a thin strip of shelter between expanses of land and sea, the sources of the Kaikoura region‘s two economic kingpins: agriculture and fishing.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Mysteries of Kaikoura Canyon," June 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 17, 2004
　　anta Ana de Chipaya, Bolivia, South America
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　"Cradling skulls symbolizing the founders of the two original [Chipaya Indian] clans, [elected representatives of the clans] return to the cemetery chapel in the town of Santa Ana de Chipaya, confident their ancestors will bless their crops and cattle."
　　
　　—From "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine

February 18, 2004
　　Ely, Minnesota
　　1997
　　Joel Sartore
　　
　　Reclining but alert, a gray wolf lies in new-fallen snow in the International Wolf Center抯 live enclosure. The institution promotes knowledge about wolves?ecology and their relationship with humans and the land.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf," May 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 19, 2004
　　Siberia, Russia
　　2001
　　Mark Thiessen
　　
　　"As many as 20 firefighters can rappel to a fire from a turbo-powered Mi-8 helicopter, but [Russian Smokejumpers] haven‘t forgotten their roots. They also parachute from decades-old biplanes, much as they did when they pioneered smoke-jumping in the 1930s."
　　—From "Russian Smokejumpers," August 2002, National Geographic magazine

February 20, 2004
　　Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
　　1997
　　Raymond Gehman
　　
　　A Utah prairie dog emerges to forage in spring snow. Though not completely dormant during the winter, prairie dogs return to activity and aboveground life in earnest in spring.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assigment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Prairie Dog," April 1998, National Geographic

February 21, 2004
　　Near Farah, Afghanistan
　　1948
　　Ernesto Cagnacci
　　
　　"Men perform the attan in a village near Farah, in southwestern Afghanistan. This traditional Pashtun folk dance, a staple entertainment at weddings, is accompanied by the ever faster beating of drums. Participants梚ncluding, occasionally, women梥pin for hours on end, until exhausted.
　　This photograph, received at the [National Geographic] Society in 1948, was never published in the magazine, but by then National Geographic had a long history of covering the country, including Maynard Owen Williams‘s October 1946 article, "Back to Afghanistan." Invited to a tribal wedding, Williams did not photograph the ‘girls in bright silks and heavy coin necklaces ... ranged against the sky. The camera could not catch the scene, for in Afghanistan,‘ he wrote, ‘a lens, like a gentleman, sees only males.‘"
　　
　　? From Flashback, June 2002, National Geographic magazine

February 22, 2004
　　South Georgia island, Falkland Islands
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　King penguins, the second largest penguin species, commune on the rocky beaches of South Georgia island. Penguin body mass is a critical determinant of breeding cycle length—kings have a breeding cycle of 14 to 16 months.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shackleton: Epic of Survival," November 1998, National Geographic magazine)

February 23, 2004
　　Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa
　　2002
　　Michael Nichols
　　
　　"Geladas‘ dextrous hands are grass-plucking machines, moving as many as 150 blades a minute from soil to mouth. In drier times the monkeys bend their wrists and pound the earth with rigid fingers to get at the roots down under."
　　—From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine

February 24, 2004

    
  Ethiopia, Africa
  1998
  Jodi Cobb

"Skin. Its color can cause irrational fear, and its markings—like a woman's scars in Ethiopia—can encode unique cultural meanings."
—From the National Geographic TV page, November 2002, National Geographic magazine

February 25, 2004

    
  Nice, France
  1926
  Maynard Owen Williams

"Grotesque masks bob along in a burst of pre-Lenten revelry in Nice, France."

February 26, 2004

    
  Western United States
  1980
  James L. Amos

"Its numbers down by at least half in the past 20 years, the sage-grouse is a candidate for protection under the [U.S.] Endangered Species Act."
From "Attwater's Prairie-Chicken: Down to a Handful," March 2002, National Geographic magazine

February 27, 2004

    
  Near Ayparahui, Bolivia, South America
  1998
  Maria Stenzel

A late afternoon wind blows desert dust across a Chipaya herder and her sheep. Most Chipaya families own sheep, important sources of meat, cheese, and wool to keep or to trade.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)

February 28, 2004

    
  Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
  1998
  Maria Stenzel

Hikers move as a team to cross the mile-long [1.6-kilometer-long] glacier leading up to Serendipity Peak. A guide takes the lead to check the path for crevasses.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揥ilderness by Air,?July/August 1999, National Geograpic Traveler magazine)

February 29, 2004
Adirondack Mountains, New York
  1997
  Maria Stenzel

Wright Peak, Algonquin Peak, and Iroquois Peak stud the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. "High," in the case of the Adirondacks, means above 4,000 feet (1,219 meters).

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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