We sailed from New Zealand to South America. A voyage of 32 days in the Furious Fifties with no sign of other human life. We provisioned in Chile and the Falkland Islands, for an expedition to South Georgia and Tierra del Fuego.

Working alongside scientists from Albany State University, New York, collecting coral cores for climate research.

Arizona State University climate scientists. Drilled underwater for coral cores and used the flying boat to survey and photograph the reef.

Logistical support for SPREP (South Pacific Region Environmental Programme) survey and education team. Teaching conservation - Back to New Zealand via Tonga.

Snares Islands BBC Natural History documentary expedition, filming "Wild Australasia"
Outstanding diving, with penguins, sea lions and fur seals in the crystal clear waters of the Southern Ocean.

Midwinter filming expedition- penguin documentary for NHK of Japan.2001 – Antarctic Peninsula. NHK (Japan) film-crew joined us in Ushuaia, Argentina.
We spent five weeks in Antarctica, diving and filming icebergs from the flying dinghy.

Photographing glaciers from the flying boat.

Dodging sea-ice in the west and icebergs in the Baffin Sea, we succeeded in crossing from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by this infamous Arctic route.

Four months making a documentary about the Aleutian chain for Natural History NZ Ltd and PBS Oregon.

Nine weeks collecting coral samples for an Edinburgh University climate study.