JOE KANE
Joe’s articles about Amazônia have frequently appeared in
magazines such as the New Yorker and Esquire.
(Journalist,
Explorer)
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Joe Kane is an American journalist who joined an expedition in 1986,to travel the Amazon from its source in the Andes, all the way to its mouth on the Atlantic coast of Brazil - 6,700 km later. The expedition traveled by foot in the Andes, then by raft and kayaks, and faced many dangers. Joe kane also spent time with the Huaorani Indians in Ecuador. |
Joe Kane is an American
journalist who joined an expedition in 1986, to travel the Amazon from its
source (glaciers
high up in the Andes), all the way to its mouth on the Atlantic coast of Brazil –
6,700 km later. The expedition traveled by foot in the Andes, then by raft and
kayaks, and often through remote, unpopulated, and dangerous areas.
In 1991, Joe travelled to
Ecuador to find out about the Huaorani Indians and their battle with
international oil companies who were invading the Ecuadorian Amazon, setting off
explosive charges, building new roads and oil rigs, and causing oil spills in
the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Joe visited and stayed with the Huaorani
many times, and met with environmentalists and oil companies trying to find out
what was really happening to the Amazon rainforest and its people.
He is author of the books Running the Amazon and Savages. Savages is a interesting account of what happens when the 20th Century suddenly hits a remote rainforest people with full force – bringing with it huge multinational companies, lawyers and public relations experts, politicians, environmentalists, evangelists, technology, and ivory soap (popular with Indians as "the soap that floats").
Joe Kane lives in Washington State, and is married with two children.