Interview: Kathryn Deyerle

Any things you would like me to ask that I haven't?

I was thinking about that as we were flying over here. I was seeing the land and how beautiful it is here and there are many, many places that are like this. But, most of the people who watch our show are probably looking for the animal perspective - what kind of animals you're going to see and all that.

But you know, it's a neat way to show people different parts of the world. Maybe places that they'll never get to or maybe places they'd like to visit. I never thought of us as a travel-related business but the truth of the matter is, we are.

We're taking people places that they may never get to see but if we're good at what we do and we can tell the story through the camera lens, as well as Jack's perspective, maybe they'll really get to experience what we experience. I was telling Sarah this morning, "honey, when you're an adult this might be gone. Take in every single moment of it." I'm so thrilled that we're capturing it on film because this film will last forever. Whether this frontier does or not, I don't know but at least we're getting a lot of it on film. It's helping people understand what we have to save and preserve. Not necessarily that these bears are becoming extinct but a lot of the animals that we film are.

They do so much in zoos and parks trying to teach people and we're trying to help that process and educate people as well as give them a really exciting experience. It makes you feel good to capture so much of this, take it back to people and say, look at this. It's incredible. Go there if you can get there but if you can't, this is almost as good. I think we really should push that more. It's a doable thing if you want to get there as an individual but if it isn't, really get into this - and enjoy it the way we do.

People say, "You're so lucky to do what you do." And sometimes I think, well you have no idea! It's not as easy as it seems. And it's not always fun, but I'm telling you the fun side of it really makes it all worthwhile because - it's really hard to describe - it's so beautiful. Whether we're in Alaska or Africa, or California or Ohio - we're really stopping and smelling the roses and trying to put it on film. If we do a good job perhaps we'll be able to save some of this for future generations. We can educate through this excitement. And I think we are.

You see a lot of it. You see a lot of people being more aware and caring about the conservation. It's like these people that run Katmai. If we can get their message out. This is what it's all about. Come here. Share it. It's cool. It's really cool. It's almost hard to fit into words, you know?

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