Hello from the North Pole! Well…almost. I’m writing from Longyearbyen, which is located in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole. It also happens to be the world’s northernmost settlement. It has been quite the journey over the past month to get here. I started off diving with National Geographic photographer Keith […]
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The Silent Side of Diving
Breathe in, breathe out…no bubbles, just silence. Whoa. Magic? Maybe. A whole new world? Definitely. You know your scholarship year is going to be incredible when just the first experience alters your entire perspective on diving…and that is exactly what happened during my Subgravity Defender TDI Air Diluent course with Jon and Lauren Kieren in the […]
The End of the Beginning
“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is often where we start from.” – T.S. Eliot As I finally catch my breath after a week full of graduation, 23rd birthday, and Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society Rolex Awards excitement, I’m reflecting upon the […]
Journey To Antarctica- The White Continent
I’m gazing out the port hole in my bedroom window and the view is remarkable. We have just crossed the Drake Passage, known for being quite the hellion, on our way to the wildly beautiful continent of Antarctica, the end of the world. Icebergs meander by like hurried businessmen, not faltering to give way and […]