After some great cold-water diving in Reykjavík, I flew to England to pack my rebreather and then took the train and ferry up to the Shetlands. There, Bob Anderson hosted me on the MV Halton, one of the only liveaboards to offer dive charters around Scotland’s northernmost islands. The diving continued the trend of fascinating […]

After the wildlife-cruise to Greenland’s east and west coast, I stopped-over on Iceland to dive the world’s most famous freshwater dive site: Silfra. This geological fissure lies at the margin between the European and North American continental plates.  This is among the most exhilarating  places I have dived in my life thus far, not only […]

At the beginning of last month, I spent two weeks with Lindblad Expeditions on-board the National Geographic Explorer. We voyaged from Iceland to the wild east of Greenland, and then hugged the coast to the more populated west of the world’s largest island. I struggle to capture the beauty of Greenland in words, the landscape, […]

As I set out on my next adventure, I find myself on a train to London with some time to reflect on my latest scholarship experience. Last month, I completed the IMCA Diver Medic Technician (DMT) course with the Diving Disease Research Centre (DDRC) in Plymouth. The International Maritime and Coastal Agency (IMCA) originally developed […]

On my most recent adventures as the European Rolex Scholar, I have set out to explore closed circuit rebreathers, specifically the AP Inspiration XPD. Closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) incorporate advanced technology to remove carbon dioxide from the exhaled air and add oxygen to provide the best nitrox mix to the diver at any depth. This […]