Now retired, Thomas Y. Canby lives with his wife Susan in Clarksville, Maryland. During his tenure at National Geographic, he won wide recognition for his articles, including the AAAS/Westinghouse award, as well as honors from the National Association of Science Writers, Western Writers of America, and others.
National Geographic has been called a window on the world and a passport to adventure. Each month an estimated forty million people in 190 countries open its pages and are transported to exotic realms that delight the eye and mind. Such widespread renown gives the magazine's writers an almost magical access to people and happenings, as doors that are closed to the rest of the journalistic world open wide.
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