VJ Michaux

One can read all sorts of measurements and estimates being offered up (both bogus and scientific) for how much sea levels will rise in the coming years given various scenarios. In addition, one might read that some lands are rising, making near-term sea level rise moot.  Soon, it all becomes quite confusing!  The best sources […]

This is the time of year when Antarctica should be cooling off rather than warming up, because it is heading into fall and winter there. And, in the far Arctic north, temps should still be icy cold, with the sun not yet peaking over the horizon after the long winter‘s darkness. So what is this

Who is this Warm-Hearted Top-Class Female Explorer Who Thrives in the Coldest Weather on Earth?! I am talking about a TRUE LEGEND here! This woman is at the top echelon of Polar Explorers, and has written TWO Books which are important records of her exploits and first accomplishments – from her initial idea to full

In April, 2000, I traveled through some of the most interesting parts of far north Siberia on the way to and from the North Pole.  At the time, I had no idea how important this region would become for the future of climate change. Pen Hadow, Gordon Eadie and I flew together overnight from Moscow

As follow up to my previous blog post – here are 20 more things you can do to help stop global warming.  If you can find one or two things to focus on in the list –  and you share those things with a few friends – consider the change that can make! 1. Replace

Monday, November 25, 2295 Risa Riley peered down into her overflowing food freezer.  There she saw 287 small lentil and flour turkey molds, which she had carefully prepared over the past 2 months. This was a new Thanksgiving ritual for her, and the first year of what she expected to be many more spent at

OK,…so what can we JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE do about such a vast issue as climate change?  It can feel a bit overwhelming, right? But, just keep in mind that we care about and are working not only for our comfort today and tomorrow and until we retire, perhaps, but for our children and all future

I hope you enjoy the varying locations in “A Tree for Antarctica.”  The action settings were inspired and informed by a lot of in person traveling, and in one case by flying low over an area as many as six times.  I have enjoyed putting this list together for you! Doing so meant shuffling through

It is a shame that the words “Cover by Sarah Bereza” are so small on the back cover of A Tree for Antarctica. Her beautiful art shouts out the novel’s theme while also portraying a major location in the book extraordinarily well.  This successful cover for my book might be because Sarah has always looked

About A Tree for Antarctica – and other things that may come to mind! You may wonder, “What does that title MEAN?!” Well…. I really cannot tell you that, OF COURSE!  You need to read the book to ‘get it’.  If I did tell you, all you would have would be derivative information, and not