Recently, I made a return trip to Bell Island, Newfoundland for some exciting wreck and mine diving with my friends from Ocean Quest Adventure Resort. We hatched a plan for...
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At Terra Nova National Park in Newfoundland, I had the incredible opportunity to dive into a bloom of jellyfish. These organisms seem to thrive in the most challenging conditions, laughing...
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Join me at 9:30 on World Ocean’s Day, June 8, 2016. I will be broadcasting an online classroom from the Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Canada. I’ll be sharing my exploration work from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Expedition of the Year in Bell Island Newfoundland. I’ll give a presentation about the WWII shipwrecks and a flooded mine followed by interaction with classrooms who have signed on for camera positions. Even if you can’t get a camera spot, join us for the broadcast or check it out later through Exploring by The Seat of Your Pants on You Tube. June 8th…
I like to arrive on an expedition with plenty of time to assemble gear and work out the kinks before a project begins. I'm really pleased I kept to that plan, since today...
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The team at Ocean Quest Adventures is hard at work preparing for the upcoming cave diving expedition that will establish safe guidelines and infrastructure for future visiting divers. An amazing group of...
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When Humpbacks Hit Snorkeling with humpbacks can be challenging. They are here in Newfoundland feeding voraciously on a buffet of capelin. There are literally schools of millions of fish that...
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Icebergs Make Their Own Weather Icebergs are temperamental. They make their own weather and effuse a moodiness underwater that is visceral. The approach to a small berg is done cautiously. In the...
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Few Canadians are aware of the time when WWII came to the shores of Newfoundland. During the Second World War, mines on Bell Island, Newfoundland supplied iron ore to Cape Breton’s steel mills, accounting for one third of Canada’s steel production. Germany knew that if they interrupted this flow of ore, even temporarily, Canada’s war output could be seriously affected. On the night of September 4th, 1942, a German U-Boat followed the ore carrier Evelyn B into its anchorage. The next morning and under the guns of the Bell Island Battery, the U-Boat sank two ships: SS Saganaga and SS…
Happy Canada Day It seems only fitting to head to my ancestral home on Canada. By midnight I'll be arriving in St. John's, Newfoundland and will be picked up by...
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