The Why
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E - 46°59'96"S 168°34'57" E We're at sea for two days, rolling continuously. I've forgotten what upright is, because we only get brief snatches of it on our way to…
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E I forgo the hike across Campbell Island, having smashed my knee quite thoroughly on the New Year's Eve hike, and wanting to spend more time with the Southern…
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E Around midmorning, Campbell Island appears as faded blue teeth on the horizon, snaring clouds and floating in and out of sight. I've slept late, photographed birds, and spent…
50°39’S 166°10’E Bull kelp tangles the propellor of the zodiac, turning the steady hum into a choking grind. Martin, New Zealand Sea lion expert and our current zodiac driver, throws…
50° 53' S 166° 21' E Hardwicke - the Enderby Settlement - lasted for just over two years from December 1849 until May 1852. Envisaged as a thriving centre for whaling…
Being mired in the demands of exams, Edin invited me to author a guest post for her blog this week. It is an opportunity I am privileged to accept as…
Some of my favourite photographs from this year have been ones with people in them. I've always struggled with landscape photos, and my most successful ones usually include people in…
Our morning at Port Lockroy dawned grey and windy, but it didn't deter us from bundling aboard the Zodiacs to visit the most southerly post office in the world! Port…
Hi everyone! I hope you've been enjoying the blogs. I've just returned from South Africa, and while it was primarily a family trip, we managed to squeeze in a healthy…
Detaille Island was the furthest south that we landed. I wrote a little about it during the teaser blogs , and I will do another post inside Base W next week.…
I thought we'd take a break from the more focused blogs this week. To say I took a lot of photographs in Antarctica is an understatement. For an experience like…
There's nothing like good old nature to make you feel miniscule. While we were in Antarctica I was constantly awed by the sheer scale of the landscape, the wide stretches…
All evening as we'd been eating dinner, Dad and I had been staring out the window as icebergs and behemoths of stone slipped past. We were headed for Deception Island,…
This year I've been using the D700 more often than the D300, with the exception of our South Africa trip. I'd forgotten how much I love the lightweight combination of…