I’m inside Divers Alert Network HQ: center of the diving accident management world. Thousands of phone calls come through this building every year, some of which require fast action in order to save lives. Medics are on call 24 hours a day to address diving accidents all over the world and perhaps the most knowledgeable […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Great Whites: Round Two
‘LEFT!’ comes a cry from the top deck of the Princess II as a four-meter great white shark materializes out of nowhere. I pull on the line frantically, barely dragging the tuna head out of the reach of ‘Carlos,’ one of about fifty great whites, or white pointers, regularly spotted in the Neptune Islands. Thankfully […]
Lord Howe Island
A measly two days after the AG awards ceremony Jayne Jenkins, the Vice President and coordinator of the Australasian scholarship arm, whisked me off to Lord Howe Island to meet Tas and Loz of Pro Dive Lord Howe. The newly married couple run a fantastic dive shop on one of the most incredible islands I’ve […]
An American Impostor
Underwater Updates – Sardine Run
I’ve finally uploaded episode two in the Underwater Updates series! Sorry for the delay – although I finished editing a long time ago, I’ve entered the film in the 2010 Marseilles World Festival of Underwater Pictures and wanted to wait until reasonably close to the festival to release it publicly! (I considered waiting until the […]