Jeff Shea

This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2600 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the summit of the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come see the world as I see it: as a peaceful place, full of nature and beauty. With the right spirit and intent, we can make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.

DISTINCTIONS: BBC 2017 Travel Pioneer • Journal Articles • Explorer’s Club Flag Expeditions
World Parks Project • Walk Across South America • Jeff Shea Travel Map

Atlantic Ocean, Total Eclipse, 2006 - On March 29, 2003, at a point between St. Helena and Cape Verde, our ship, the Alexey Maryshev, passed deliberately in the path of a total eclipse. I had seen a partial eclipse before, but that could not possibly prepare me for what I saw that day. As Dick McConnell, our resident astronomer had described, it was one of the most spectacular sights I would ever see, a moment when three colossal heavenly bodies position themselves in perfect alignment. It so happens that the size of the moon, given its distance from the earth, is coincidentally perfect to just block out the sun. During totality, as depicted in this photograph, one's eclipse sunglasses can be removed. For a period of two minutes forty seconds, with glasses removed, I could see the sun's
USA, Guam, Rainbow
Thailand, Buri Ram Prov, Peaceful Sit
Slovenia, Bled Prov, Mountain Village At Dusk
Nepal, Festival of Holi, Girls Block Car, 1984 - During the Festival of Holi in India/Nepal, children are allowed to do things like block the road. It is obligatory that this car obey their road block.
Tibet, Everest, North Face From Rongbuk Base Camp, Fall, 1998 - This photograph was taken from Rongbuk base camp in the Fall of 1998. It shows the mountain after the monsoons. See other photo on this site in the spring, when the same view is much more rocky. In the center foreground is Changtze. The North Ridge route begins from Rongbuk, winds left around Changtze, then up the North Col. In this scene, the route is hidden from view until it emerges in the left middle of the photograph at about 8000 meters.
Cambodia, Otdar Mean Chey Prov, Carrier
Uganda, Jeff Shea With Giant Groundsels, 1984 - This photo gives some perspective of the size of the groundsel plants in alpine Africa.
Azerbaijan, Sabirabad Prov, Night Tea
Melting Sea Ice, 2007 Arctic Ocean For the ice to melt and refreeze annually is normal. But the truth is that the Arctic ice pack is decreasing in size.