Mel White is a freelance writer who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and specializes in travel and natural history. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Society publications, having covered destinations including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Borneo, the Amazon river, Madagascar, and the Swiss Alps. He has written or contributed to more than 25 guidebooks and nature-related publications.

Mel White is a freelance writer who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and specializes in travel and natural history. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Society publications, having covered destinations including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Borneo, the Amazon river, Madagascar, and the Swiss Alps. He has written or contributed to more than 25 guidebooks and nature-related publications.

Mel White is a freelance writer who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and specializes in travel and natural history. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Society publications, having covered destinations including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Borneo, the Amazon river, Madagascar, and the Swiss Alps. He has written or contributed to more than 25 guidebooks and nature-related publications.