Tag Archives: flying

Compensations

Posted on December 10, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We all play a part in CO2-emissions, the main culprit of many of the climate-related disasters we more and more observe on this rapidly warming planet. We all play a part, and especially in our Western world, we can say … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Airplanes, climate change, Conservation, flying, Global change ecology, Global warming, Nature, Travel | Leave a comment

Window seat

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

If you fly down through Chile from Santiago to Punta Arenas, make sure you have a window seat! And not just any window seat, you would like to be on the left side of the plane, cause from there, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Chile, Fieldwork, flying, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Punta Arenas, Sunset, Travel, Travelling, Volcanoes | 4 Comments

Getting the good views

Posted on October 23, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I got the window seat on my flight from Buenos Aires to Bariloche; truly the best spot you can get on a domestic flight. It gave me a chance to enjoy the scenery while we crossed endless Argentina. Taking off from Buenos … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina | Tagged Airplane, Andes, Argentina, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, flying, Mountains, Photography, Science, South America, Travel, Traveling, World | Leave a comment

Flying a helicopter

Posted on September 3, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Our most remote plots involve hours of climbing on steep mountain slopes, through dense willow shrubs and over dry rocky areas. But not this time. This time we had to walk for 20 minutes to Abisko’s helicopter base and do the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, arctic, flying, Helicopter, Holiday, Mountains, Photography, Scandinavia, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

On the fly

Posted on August 28, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We welcome you aboard just another flight. I have been flying a lot this summer, and yesterday brought three more flights in a row. Brussels-Copenhagen, Copenhagen-Stockholm and Stockholm-Kiruna. Three more times the safety … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged Airplane, Clouds, Denmark, flying, Nature, Photography, Scandinavia, Summer, Travel | Leave a comment

Airport ecology

Posted on August 20, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I was happy that I could lay hands on a textbook on Urban Ecology with 50 percent reduction at the conference in California. This urban ecology is a big fascination of mine: with large portions of the earth surface changed into … Continue reading →