Photos snapped along a journey in earth science. Photos are mine unless otherwise credited.
20 Feb 2022 •
Early morning in the Weddell Sea.21 Jul 2022 •
Antarctic pancake sea ice forming in the Southern Ocean winter.15 Feb 2023 •
Icebergs and bergy bits east of Renaud Island, Antarctic Peninsula.15 Feb 2023 •
GEM-2 sea ice thickness survey, Weddell Sea.26 Jul 2019 •
Deploying instrumentation on sea ice during an Antarctic winter research cruise.25 Mar 2023 •
Skippering a RHIB in amongst glacial ice near the Antarctic Peninsula.20 Mar 2023 •
Sea ice photographed under a microscope, with the brine channels clearly highlighted by food colouring.27 Oct 2017 •
Helicopter rescue swimmer exercises in Table Bay.20 Mar 2023 •
Deployed as a helicopter rescue swimmer to a stricken sailing vessel offshore of Stilbaai.17 Dec 2023 •
Deployed as a helicopter rescue swimmer to a stricken sailing vessel offshore of Stilbaai.22 Jun 2023 •
Visual inspection of a Datawell Waverider buoy near the pilot boarding station in Table Bay, Cape Town.28 Feb 2023 •
Teaching the basics of nautical chartwork.28 Feb 2023 •
The breathtaking glacier at Neko Harbor in Antarctica.22 Jun 2023 •
Corals of Dahab, Egypt.11 Mar 2022 •
King penguins and a young fur seal at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia in the south Atlantic Ocean.02 Mar 2023 •
The imposing cliffs flanking Neptunes Bellows, Deception Island.02 Sep 2022 •
Colours of the kelp forests near Oudekraal, Cape Town.02 Sep 2022 •
Clownfish, Dahab, Egypt.02 Sep 2022 •
Gentoo penguin chicks at Danco Island, just west of the Antarctic Peninsula.06 Mar 2023 •
Looking down at NSRI SAR vessel Rescue 3 from a SAAF 22 Sqn Oryx helicopter during joint SAR training.03 Feb 2023 •
Caring for a piece of glacial ice with my friend, Otto, at Neko Harbor on the Antarctic Peninsula.22 Mar 2023 •
Point Wild, on the rugged coast of Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean.26 Mar 2023 •
Rockhopper penguins resting near The Neck, Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands.11 Mar 2022 •
A young fur seal at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia in the south Atlantic Ocean.11 Mar 2022 •
The mountains of South Georgia in the south Atlantic Ocean, viewed from the SA Agulhas II research icebreaker.23 Feb 2022 •
A dramatic sunset over the Weddell Sea ice, with a some Emperor penguins and a polynya visible on the right.03 Mar 2022 •
A Weddell seal sleeping on a sea ice floe in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.12 Feb 2022 •
An iceberg in force 10 seas, in the Southern Ocean.15 Feb 2022 •
Sea ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone.5 Mar 2022 •
An iceberg in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.27 Jul 2019 •
Deploying a polar-iSVP buoy on a sea ice floe.15 Feb 2023 •
A medium sized tabular iceberg in the vicinity of Larrouy Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.19 Jul 2022 •
Newly formed pancake sea ice floes with a dusting of snow during the Antarctic winter.6 Mar 2022 •
Emperor penguins on a large sea ice floe in the Weddell Sea.6 Mar 2022 •
Emperor penguins on a large sea ice floe in the Weddell Sea.5 Mar 2022 •
Moulting Adélie penguins playing aruond a sea ice pressure ridge in the Weddell Sea.19 Mar 2023 •
Glacial ice near the Lemaire Channel, west of the Antarctic Peninsula.27 Jul 2019 •
UCT engineering and oceanography researchers collecting sea-ice cores.