🚫✋🐙THANK YOU HUFFPOST PERSONAL and amazing editor, Noah Michelson, for publishing my story! 🚫✋🐙 ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Was Mesmerizing But There’s 1 Thing That Deeply Troubled Me As a dive master, I just couldn’t stop thinking about the potentially dangerous message viewers might take away from the Oscar-winning film.By Lisa Ellen Niver 02/26/2022 09:04am EST Recently, Jacinta … Continued
Welcome to my new series: “TELL ME MORE ABOUT:” where I will be sharing resources from my favorite past adventures around our planet during this time when we cannot travel due to COVID-19. In the next weeks, I will share about all 10 trips in my recent article on Ms Magazine and I wanted you … Continued
Thank you for all of your support! I am a three time finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards! UPDATE: I am a WINNER!!! Click here to read about the 2019 NAEJ Awards! Please find my three recently nominated stories below as well as my six nominations from the Southern California Journalism … Continued
Thank you to Ms. Magazine for publishing my article, “Polar Bears Can’t Vote, So You Have To!” November 5, 2018 by Lisa Niver Dr. Stephen Petersen, head of conservation and research at Leatherdale International Polar Bear Conservation Centre, has only one word of advice for the environmentally conscious this week: “Vote.” The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, … Continued
This is Part Three of my adventures walking with Polar Bears with Churchill Wild at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Click to read Part One and Two. Are you wondering how to visit the Polar Bears? See my videos below for the steps to get from Los Angeles to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Video #7: How … Continued
This is Part Two of my adventures walking with Polar Bears with Churchill Wild at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Click here to read Part One. When are you going to touch the Arctic? I absolutely loved this experience. Please enjoy my videos to see what our days were like riding the Arctic Rhino and … Continued
I walked with Polar Bears with Churchill Wild at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. It was literally one of the best bucket list adventures I have ever experienced. Please enjoy my videos to see what our days were like riding the Arctic Rhino and walking with wild animals. VIDEO: Do You Want to Walk with Polar … Continued
Happy Birthday and Congratulations to me! Thank you for all your support of me, my travels and this site, We Said Go Travel. During this last year, I went to my 100th country, Tanzania, and on my first African safari with Abercrombie and Kent in both Tanzania and Kenya (country #101). Want to see more … Continued
Canadian Tourism Commission announces 2013 Northern Lights Awards for Excellence in Travel Journalism. Winner Online Writing: Leisure, Adventure, Lifestyle: Richard Bangs “Walking with the Polar Bears: The Next Great Safari” Huffington Post “Walking with Polar Bears” receives a Northern Lights Award April 2, 2014 by Quest TV · The Canadian Tourism Commission has honored Richard Bangs with a 2013 Northern Light Award for the story “Walking … Continued