“DIVE LOG Australasia is striving to constantly produce great reading. August 2020 is a bumper issue. Our plan here is to give something back to the diving industry.” ~ Mike Scotland, Publisher & Editor In the August 2020 issue of DIVE LOG Australasia, Kathryn and I are both doing our best to give back...
“Into The Sea Lions Den” Published in Luxe Beat Magazine
“Into the Sea Lions Den” is our latest Third Age Expeditions story for our column in Luxe Beat Magazine and we have been awarded another Editor’s Pick! DANCES WITH SEA LIONS After splashing into the ocean, we quickly descend 10 meters and kneel down upon the rock-strewn seafloor. At the edge of underwater visibility,...
Titanic Adventure: One Woman’s True Life Voyage Down to the Legendary Ocean Liner
“It’s strange to have a friend that you have never hugged, never shook their hand, or looked into their eyes. But you have been touched by their soul, seen the good in their hearts and felt the warmth of their being.” – Unknown I’m giving a loud shout out today to someone we have...
Why did you learn to dive and where did your adventure take you?
“Why did you learn to dive and where did your adventure take you?” This is the question Shearwater Research, a Canadian company who designs and manufactures technical dive computers and electronic control systems for rebreather manufacturers, asked several well-known figures from the international scuba diving community and the Shearwater team. Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBakhvAADo...
Big Picture in Canadian Geographic!
My image of a red eye medusa jellyfish is the “Big Picture” featured in a double-page spread of the July/August 2020 issue of Canadian Geographic, a magazine of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Canadian Geographic has been making Canada better known to Canadians and the world since is was first published in May 1930....
Proud to be Mobby’s Ambassadors
Mobby’s It is a distinct honour for both Kathryn and I to announce we are now Ambassadors for Mobby’s the largest dry suit, wetsuit, and marine sports accessories manufacturer in Japan. This has been in place for a while. but due to the COVID pandemic some plans were delayed. Now, it’s looking like we...
Gearing Up For A Polar Expedition Cruise
Editor’s Picks “Gearing Up For A Polar Expedition Cruise” is our latest Luxe Beat Third Age Expeditions column has just been published. And we have another “Editor’s Picks” feature! Not unlike during the “Heroic Age” of polar exploration over just over a century ago, participating in a modern-day polar expedition cruise does require substantially...
League of Underwater Explorers
“To figuratively stand upon the shoulders of great explorers, one must venture outdoors and seize the opportunity to explore the world that surrounds them. In truth, that’s all we ever did. Explore.. Dream… Discover.” ~ Jett Britnell Kathryn and I both feel honoured to be part of a fraternity that is EXPLOCEAN’s LEAGUE OF...
Cold Coast: Exploring Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago
Feel the Polar Bug Our latest “Third Age Expeditions column” in Luxe Beat Magazine is published online today and we have made the “Editor’s Picks.” “Cold Coast: Exploring Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago” summarizes our polar cruising expedition in August 2019 with PolarQuest, a world leading operator of small ship expedition cruises in Svalbard. If you...
Explorers Talk Memories
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~ William Arthur Ward On the same day we learned the 116th Explorers Club Annual Dinner in New York City slated for March 21st had been postponed until October 10th due to growing concerns over the outbreak of the...