“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...
Graveyard of the Great Lakes: Tobermory’s Shipwrecks
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for LuxeBeat Magazine has been awarded “editor’s pick.” The editor commented… “Perfect article for October.” Kathryn and I were not thinking about Halloween when the finishing touches to the piece were added, so incorporating the word “Graveyard” into the article’s title was kismet. The Red Dot Marks The...
Realm of the Giant Pacific Octopus: Published!
Luxe Beat Magazine has published our most recent Third Age Expeditions column about octopus called, “Realm of the Giant Pacific Octopus.” Three Hearts, Nine Brains, & Blue Blood? Giant Pacific octopus are about 90 percent soft-bodied muscle except for two small plates anchoring their heads, together with a beak used to grasp and bite...
Fear and Loathing of Sharks: It’s a Love Story!
“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” ~ Alice in Wonderland Not so much fear and loathing of sharks, but more of a love story about an apex predator that I have both admired and studied for the past 55 years. Yes, I was the kid who chose...
The President and the Lady: World’s Greatest Diveable Intact Shipwreck?
Luxe Beat Magazine has published our latest column, “The President and the Lady: World’s Greatest Diveable Intact Shipwreck?” You can read it: Here The Fog of War Bathed in a shroud of dim pale blue light the silent steel hulk looms up from the shadowy depths. An enormous ship at 654 feet the SS...
Pyramids, Plazas and Temples
Travel Thru History has published our story, “Three Ways to Visit the Ruins” about Mexico’s Mayan ruins on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Pyramids, Plazas and Temples While many people flock to Riviera Maya solely to drink cold Coronas while sun worshiping on white sand beaches splashed by a crystal-clear turquoise ocean, there are many who...
Published by Canadian Geographic!
Our story “What is a nudibranch? Meet the “high fashion models” of the ocean depths” was published online at Canadian Geographic yesterday! Where we live In British Columbia, where we live, nudibranchs inhabit the emerald depths in such high concentrations, the province is considered Canada’s hotspot for the creatures. Since our work as underwater...
Sport Diver Magazine Cold Water Cover First
In the April 1996 issue of Sport Diver (USA), Jett wrote the double-page spread feature article. The icing on the cake for him was one of his images of a female diver with a Giant Pacific Octopus appeared on the cover of the magazine. The editor told him it was the first cold water...
Gulet Odyssey: Blue Voyage of Dreams
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media earned us another “Editors Pick”. “Gulet Odyssey: Blue Voyage of Dreams” recounts our adventuresailing the southern Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey on a traditional wooden Turkish gulet. The weblink is here. https://luxebeatmag.com/unconventional-underwater-photography-tips
Ocean Metaphor: Unexpected Life Lessons from the Sea
Ocean Metaphor It was a distinct honour to have been tagged as a contributing photographer to this is an eloquently written and beautifully illustrated new book by Cathryn Castle & Gui Garcia of C2G2 Productions. The book includes some stunning images contributed by a distinguished group of ocean luminaries such as Marty Snyderman, Michele...