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League of Underwater Explorers

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onMay 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Comments are off

“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 UNDERWATER EXPLORERS. Thank you to our long time friend, Bill Nadeau, for the invitation to join such an illustrious band of undersea explorers.

League of Underwater Explorers

EXPLOCEAN and the LEAGUE OF UNDERWATER EXPLORERS primary mandate is to create opportunities for all people to discover our world by promoting underwater exploration. Our objective is to empower future generations to leave a legacy of ecological sustainability and inspire them to take stewardship of the planet and all its waterways by sharing our own discoveries.

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Jett & Kathryn Britnell
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Jett & Kathryn Britnell are professional Underwater, Wildlife & Expedition Photographers, Explorers, internationally published Scuba / Adventure Travel Writers and Speakers. Both are Fellows in the world renowned and exclusive Explorers Club in New York, Fellows in the prestigious Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Ottawa, Fellows in the famed Royal Geographical Society in London and members in The League of Underwater Explorers. Jett is a member of the highly esteemed Ocean Artists Society, a unique alliance of the world’s top marine life artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, and writers, one of approximately 50 of the World's top underwater photographers who have donated imagery to support The Ocean Agency's conservation initiatives, and is a consultant to Elephanatics, an elephant advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains “They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all.” ― D.H. Lawrence.  A fish-eating tealia anemone waiting for dinner to be served in Browning Passage, British Columbia.  #fisheatingtealia #anemone #anemones #anemone #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys @thescubanews
Despite their name, Humpback whales do not normall Despite their name, Humpback whales do not normally have a hump on their back. Their name derives from the large hump that forms when they arch their back before they make a deep dive into the ocean. Their scientific name, Megaptera novaeangliae, translates as "big-winged New Englander" a reference to the humpback whale population which swam off the coast of New England back in the 17th century. 🐋  #humpbackwhale #whales #whalesofinstagram @tahititourisme @mooreaoceanadventures #undersea #underwater #travel #underwaterphotography #snorkeling #uwphotography #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #marinelife #nikon  @aquaticadigital @nikoncanada #Unterwasser @bigbluedivelights #aquatica @cangeotravel @rcgs_sgrc @the_explorers_club #scuba #scubadiving #explore #jettbritnell @theoceanagency  @paditravel #explorerscanada  #divewild #nikon_canada @duiken_magazine #aquaticadigital @mobbys_  #mobbys @thescubanews
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One of my magazine cover shots from Feb 2012. This One of my magazine cover shots from Feb 2012. This photo was made during a night dive at Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver. When we came across this octopus it lifted off the seafloor, squirted some ink, and then settled on the divers facemask. A 60mm macro lens captured the moment for posterity. This issue also ran our story about Giant Pacific Octopus.  #octopus  #underwaterphotography @octonation #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
Decorated warbonnet fish from British Columbia. Decorated warbonnet fish from British Columbia.  #decoratedwarbonnet #fish #fishofinstagram #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys @thescubanews
Lembeh Strait? Anilao? Puerto Galeria? Nope, Briti Lembeh Strait? Anilao? Puerto Galeria? Nope, British Columbia where cold water nudibranchs are no less exotic-looking than their riotously-coloured tropical counterparts.  #opalescentnudibranch #nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys @thescubanews
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Our latest Third Age Expeditions column called... Our latest Third Age Expeditions column called... "Liquid Rush!: Beneath British Columbia’s Nakwakto Rapids" has just been published in Luxe Beat Magazine. This article has also earned us another "Editors Picks." 🥂  "In recent times, the Guinness Book of World Records once listed Nakwakto Rapids as having “the fastest navigable tidal currents in the world!” – up to 39 kilometers per hour during its largest tidal exchanges! A notorious title Nakwakto Rapids can no longer lay claim to as in recent years the turbulent currents at British Columbia’s Sechelt Rapids were measured as being a tad faster."  #nakwaktorapids #nakwakto  #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
"I'd ask my friends to come and see. An octopus' g "I'd ask my friends to come and see. An octopus' garden with me!  #octopus  #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
When diving with Steller sea lions in British Colu When diving with Steller sea lions in British Columbia, the sea lions decide how close they will get @eiko_jones_ needed to wrap his strobe arms to prevent the sea lions from pulling on his strobe's optical cables.  #sealions #stellersealions #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
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About a 20 minute drive from stately Britnell Mano About a 20 minute drive from stately Britnell Manor,  Minnekhada Regional Park is a natural park situated in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, alongside Pitt-Addington Marsh and the Pitt River. It is over 200 hectares in size, and features trails, rock knolls, abundant trees, birds and other wildlife. At the centre of the park is the main marsh area, divided into upper and lower sections, divided by a dike and small footbridge. Anyway, a beautiful sunny day for a leisurely stroll.. and also cold day given the thin layer of ice on the water. Well, a balmy 3 degrees Celsius.  @minnekhadapark @yourbcparks @hellobc #coquitlam #coquitlambc #minnekhada #minnekhadaregionalpark #leisurlystroll #dogwalk #dogwalks #dogwalksofinstagram #beautifulday #travel
A great preservative against angry and mutinous th A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is to have some great business and interest in your mind, which, like a sponge shall suck up your attention and keep you from brooding over what displeases you. ~ Joseph Rickaby.  Or.... one could just photograph a giant barrel sponge. 👀  #barrelsponge #sponge #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @cangeo @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada  @the_explorers_club @scubaverse_media @luxebeatmagazine #explorer #mobbys #exploreroftheseas @mobbys_jp @duiken_magazine #underwaterpics @visit.philippines #philippines
In today's installment of the continuing Adventure In today's installment of the continuing Adventures of Zorro... a beautiful sunny day here as our Land Shark pauses momentarily on the Poco Trail to gaze out upon the Pitt River, a large tributary of the mighty Fraser River.  An archaeological dig in 1978 conducted near the mouth of the Pitt River attested to 4,000 years of First Nations occupation. COQUITLAM is a Halkomelem First Nations word meaning "small red salmon," after the abundant fish in the Coquitlam River.  #puppy #gsdpuppy #gsdpuppylove  #gsdofinstagram #gsdpuppyofinstagram
“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they “Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, “Did you bring joy?” The second was, “Did you find joy?”  Find your JOY... and bring JOY to others! ❤️  #joy #Egyptian #wisdom
Manacled sculpin on bull kelp during a night dive Manacled sculpin on bull kelp during a night dive in British Columbia's Emerald Sea.  #manacledsculpin #sculpin #fish #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
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