{"id":1911,"date":"2021-11-03T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T21:53:51","slug":"nat-geo-speaker-series-brian-skerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=1911","title":{"rendered":"Nat Geo Speaker Series | Brian Skerry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1911\" class=\"elementor elementor-1911\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-574f8d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"574f8d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac9c518\" data-id=\"ac9c518\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7136bb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7136bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Megan and I went to the second of five of the Nat Geo Speakers Series tonight!\u00a0 Although Blue Cross is no longer sponsoring the event and we&#8217;re no longer able to get complimentary tickets, it is sooo worth it to purchase the series!\u00a0 The speakers are incredible!<\/p><p>Tonight his topic is the &#8220;Secret of the Whales&#8221;, which is now showing on Disney+.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86bf572 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86bf572\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e081a1e\" data-id=\"e081a1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a379445 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a379445\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40288dc\" data-id=\"40288dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eba116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eba116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photographer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/explorers\/bios\/brian-skerry-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Skerry<\/a>, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world\u2019s oceans with a camera, is the Rolex National Geographic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/awards\/explorer-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explorer of the Year<\/a>\u00a0for 2017.<\/p><p>The award honors individuals who make scientific discoveries and share them to benefit the world. It is presented by Rolex, which recently entered into a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/magazine\/article\/rolex-national-geographic-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new partnership with National Geographic<\/a> to support exploration.\u00a0 <span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\"><span class=\"RichText\">Skerry\u2019s aim is to create \u200a\u201cimages that celebrate the sea yet highlight environmental problems.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\"><aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--left InlineElement--desktop InlineImage\" aria-label=\"Image\"><div class=\"CopyrightImage\"><figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\"><div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.natgeofe.com\/n\/28fd91fa-cb36-45b9-aff2-01d5d99e7e1f\/explore-brian-skerry.jpg?w=375&amp;h=247.5\" alt=\"Man in a wetsuit by water\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption><div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\"><div class=\"Caption\"><div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\"><div class=\"Caption__Text\" aria-live=\"polite\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><p>Skerry, 55, is internationally known for his images of undersea wildlife and environments. A National Geographic photographer for two decades and a National Geographic photography fellow since 2014, he currently is at work on his 25th feature story for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">magazine<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/aside><\/div><p>\u201cBrian\u2019s images tell stories that celebrate the mystery and beauty of the ocean while bringing attention to the issues that threaten it,\u201d says National Geographic Society President and CEO Gary E. Knell. To capture those images, Knell says, \u201cBrian has lived on the bottom of the sea, spent months aboard fishing boats, and traveled in everything from snowmobiles to the Goodyear blimp.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer\u00a0Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world\u2019s oceans with a camera, is the Rolex National Geographic\u00a0Explorer of the Year\u00a0for 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-adventures","tag-nat-geo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}