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In the 1960s, he studied birds in the Sahara Desert and wrote several ornithology articles on the nesting behavior and breeding biology of desert birds.
In the 1960s, he studied birds in the Sahara Desert and wrote several ornithology articles on the nesting behavior and breeding biology of desert birds.
He produced another fifteen documentaries on the scientific study of deserts and the ecology of tropical rain forests. His first book was published in 1976 with 114 illustrations, In den Wüsten dieser Erde (Hoffmann und Campe, 1976). Its first English language edition was published in the United States next year, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, In the Deserts of this World (Harcourt Brace, 1977).
That work was recognized by the United States. National Book Awardin category Translation.
Beginning 1976 George worked for the German periodical GEO, first free lance and since 1979 as a full-time employee: science editor, photographer, and expedition leader.