About Quote by Brian Skerry

I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of…

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Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts,…

— Brian Skerry

Under the snowcapped mountains of Fiordland National Park, freshwater streams empty into the saltwater fiords, creating a unique ecosystem. This is a heavily wooded…

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Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.

— Brian Skerry

Since the majority of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean, not to mention much of the world's protein, it is not an…

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New England waters are some of my favorite - they are some of the richest waters because they are temperate waters and nutrient-rich, and…

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As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I thought about…

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The bohar snapper - they have these huge canines. I got bit by one. One took a chunk out of my ear - they…

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I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense of urgency…

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I've been diving for about 30 years, and I can honestly say that I've had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and other whales.…

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Last year the [harp seal] pup mortality rate was 100 percent in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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All in all, the dives I made in Fiordland were some of the best I've ever made.

— Brian Skerry