Towards the end of my scholarship year, the diving adventures keep getting more and more exciting. In February, I was invited to join a cave film shoot with Evan Kovacs from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab. After two months away from the rebreather and cave diving, I decided to head to […]

The latest adventure of my scholarship year was entirely focused on science and exploration. I joined a team of researchers from Chile and Germany, including the current Rolex Laureate for Exploration Vreni Häussermann, to study cold-water corals of the Patagonian fjords. For this five-week expedition, we were based at the Huinay Scientific Field Station, between […]

To top off my tour of grand North American fresh water diving that I wrote about recently, I headed from Northern Florida caves to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. There, ocean conservationist, cave explorer and shark diving expert Cristina Zenato welcomed me to UNEXSO dive centre. In the week that followed I learned so much from […]

For my most recent trip, I picked some of the finest freshwater diving destinations in Canada and the United States. Ironically, I was diving in the dessert of Nevada, snowy Ontario and Florida Springs within the space of three weeks. Initially oblivious to the amazing quality of freshwater diving, I quickly realized that this was […]

My latest trip as the European Rolex Scholar opened the gates to the underworld. I travelled to Tulum, the Mecca of underwater caves on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. There, Lanny and Claire Vogel welcomed me at Underworld, a brand new and purpose built dive centre. Their place turned into the venue of Cave Camp, drawing together […]