Inspiring Travel Writing from Greg Breining
Greg Breining writes about travel, sports, outdoor recreation and the environment. As an author and magazine writer, he has searched for rare rhinos in Indonesia, paddled the mountain rivers of Jamaica, reported on the little-known sport of bandy in Siberia, and traveled around Lake Superior in his sea kayak.
Breining's latest book is Wild Shore, an account of paddling around the world's largest lake as he explores the meaning of Lake Superior to the historic Ojibwa and the others who live around the lake today. Others books include Minnesota, a book in the Compass American Guide series; and Return of the Eagle, the story of how America saved its national symbol.
His journalism, essays and articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Audubon, Islands, National and International Wildlife, Minnesota Monthly, the Dallas Morning News, the Globe and Mail and other publications.
In addition to writing, Breining is managing editor of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, magazine of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He lives in St Paul, Minnesota.
Breining's latest book is Wild Shore, an account of paddling around the world's largest lake as he explores the meaning of Lake Superior to the historic Ojibwa and the others who live around the lake today. Others books include Minnesota, a book in the Compass American Guide series; and Return of the Eagle, the story of how America saved its national symbol.
His journalism, essays and articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Audubon, Islands, National and International Wildlife, Minnesota Monthly, the Dallas Morning News, the Globe and Mail and other publications.
In addition to writing, Breining is managing editor of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, magazine of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He lives in St Paul, Minnesota.
Articles by Greg Breining
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Superior Refuge
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Greg Breining
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United States
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Wisconsin
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Lake Superior
There's no better way of forcing water into every minute cavity of your sinuses than by hanging upside down beneath an overturned kayak. Still, I had to admire Lake Superior's blue clarity and the sparkle of bubbles overhead. They radiated like...
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The Rarest Rhino
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Greg Breining
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Indonesia
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Java
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Ujung Kulon National Park
The smell of methane and rot rises from the slick muck and brackish water as though we are paddling straight into the green shadow of the Carboniferous. Mudskippers and bright crabs skitter along the banks, and a ratchet-voiced kingfisher flies up...
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Ghosts of Way Kambas
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Greg Breining
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France
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Pas-De-Calais Region
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Boulogne-sur-Mer
When Ron Tilson, an expert on Sumatran tigers, came to Indonesia's Way Kambas National Park three years ago, he and his team set up a network of infrared-triggered cameras to record the stealthy cats as they stalked the dark jungle. Tigers of all...
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Mississippi Days
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Greg Breining
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United States
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Minnesota
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Wabasha
The wonder of travel on a river is this: a river is joined to everything else. That is a fact I realized once again recently when several friends and I piloted a 48-foot houseboat down the Mississippi, a river whose watershed is connected to more...
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Savoring Saunas
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Greg Breining
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Finland
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Helsinki and the South
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Lauttasaari
What compares to your first deep breath in a genuine Finnish sauna, where the aroma of spruce mingles with a hint of wood smoke?Nothing. Nothing, perhaps, except pouring hot lead up your nose. I breathe through cupped hands to keep my nostrils from...
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The Power of Rock
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Greg Breining
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Canada
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Ontario
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Lake Superior
Ahead, in the afternoon haze, the horizon had disappeared and the Agawa Islands seemed to float in the sky. The scene was glorious in its surrealism. And then we saw it.Agawa Rock. The sheer, broad cliff reminded me of a drive-in movie screen, but...