A Life of Risk-Taking - Cory Richards

The life of a National Geographic photographer is punctuated by travel to faraway lands and adventure; it's also dotted with regular doses of danger. Cory Richards, who started as a climbing photographer, is no stranger to flirtations with eternity. He reflects on his most recent scuba diving trip to the Russian Arctic: running out of oxygen 100 feet below the surface, and bobbing in the water next to cracking ice bergs. But Richards says he wouldn't change his relationship with danger: "It's a good part of the job. If we're not pushing boundaries, we're not learning."