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Photographing a biologist in the Atacama Desert digging for microbes in the dirt. He travelled to Chile for this story in Quanta magazine about the origins of life on Earth and stayed in a research log cabin alone with the spiders and stars.

In the field, collaborating with drone pilots from the Aerospace Remote Sensing Service of the Uruguayan Air Force (SSRA) and geologists from the Technological University of Uruguay (UTEC).

Fishers in the River Nile. Fredrick concentrates on storytelling about waterways such as the River Nile, the longest river in the world.

Riding a Soviet-made helicopter to report on indigenous reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic

Giving a public talk on the geologic and glacial history of the Lake Superior region, while on a ridge overlooking the lake and some outstanding fall colors

Filming at the Museum of Neon Art for a video about the chemistry of color

dragonflies

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