Photographer Chris Burkard on Exploring Iceland, Ruling Instagram and His Pet Alpacas

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Chris Burkard got his start as a surfing photographer and has parlayed that into a full-blown media brand. He’s published a best-selling surf photography book and a bestselling children’s book; his documentary on cold-water surfing in Iceland (called Under An Arctic Sky) is on Netflix; he’s given a TED Talk; he has three and a half million followers in Instagram. We talk about his love of Iceland, his fraught relationship with Instagram, and how he came to own and love a pair of pet alpacas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices