Galen Rowell

AgreedTo attend anger management counseling, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, 31, who punched out a photographer after the Brickyard 400 on Aug. 4. Stewart, who's had several previous public eruptions, was fined $10,000...

Freeman Patterson has assembled a stunning volume of nature photographs to convey a global message about his native Canada

Physically, at least, Galen Rowell's life has had its ups and downs. Since 1972, when he sold his auto repair shop in Berkeley, Calif., and committed himself full time to nature and adventure photography, he has...

Ned Gillette wants to row to Antarctica—just why is another matter—and sometime within the next six weeks or so, weather permitting, he will get his chance. In a red 28-foot-long aluminum boat weighing 1,500 pounds,...

The handsomest book published in our roundup for holiday giving this year is also far more than that, though its outstanding beauty is a considerable distinction in itself. Galen Rowell's Mountains of the Middle...