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AUGUSTA — Two sisters who share a passion for travel and photographing wildlife around the world will be the speakers at the Kennebec Historical Society’s November meeting.
Shelley Lance-Fulk and Jacklyn Amtower, who live in Beaver Cove, a few miles north of Greenville, will share stories of their adventures.
Their first book, “Can I Carry Your Luggage?” introduces readers to the multitudes and variety of animals living on all seven continents and their new book, “Upside Down and Backwards,” focuses on their two favorite continents, Africa and Antarctica.
The presentation is co-sponsored by the Maine State Library and free to the public, though donations are accepted. It will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Maine State Library, 230 State St.
The pair have been traveling and photographing wildlife around the world since their teens. They have visited all seven continents on multiple occasions. Whether being bush piloted into a tented camp to view the great migration in Kenya and Tanzania, trying to sleep with lions resting against their tent, following a young leopard as she hunts or climbing up the side of a dormant volcano in Uganda to photograph the mountain gorillas, Africa is an overwhelming assault on one’s senses, the sisters said. The remoteness and beauty of the icebergs, crystal clear water and countless numbers of penguins, whales and sea birds in Antarctica drew them back to the continent for the sixth time, earlier this year. Their photographs of the wildlife that enrich our lives bring their stories to life in their engaging presentation.
