Logs & Blogs

When I used to envision Australia’s coastline, I pictured the finest gold sand, fringing palm trees, and crystal clear seas topped off by perfect waves. I actually wasn’t that far off in my estimation, as many of Australia’s...

In an effort to take Eco-Odyssey to the streets, and ride the wave of energy rushing over the conservation movement, I made my way to the cities of Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia.  Excited to assist a talk by Rob Stewart ,...

Rich, lush and bountiful. Rainforests, wild jungles, wetlands and river systems nurture and breathe life into themselves. Free from human exploitation, the world’s aquatic and terrestial ecosystems are pivotal forces in maintaining the...

With a world population approaching the 7 billion mark, to say the planet in under pressure is an understatement. The earth is sustaining not only the weight of the human race, and might I add we are not light, but also everything we...

Today, reading the paper, listening to the news or surfing the Internet can be an exhausting and often discouraging ritual. I am at a loss trying to understand or even make sense of why the world population is so full of anger and...

In the face of tragedy and natural disasters, ongoing feuding and financial concerns, Japan is set to resume its whaling operations in the  Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary this coming December. Following the...

World Ocean’s Day . On the 8th of June, thousands and possibly millions of people, institutions, and conservation organizations asked us to celebrate our oceans. Since the United Nations officially recognized the day in 2008, it has gained...

Intelligence . Intellectual, emotional, social or technological. There are several definable ways we can attribute intelligence to any living being. Brain size and cognitive abilities, or ways in which communication is displayed are all...

Whether you are an ocean enthusiast, animal lover, or simply follow the environments' most pressing issues, you have most likely heard of " shark finning ". This practice, though part of ancient Chinese tradition, has now become a...

WHY ARE WE HERE? "To be able to visit the "pulse points" of the planet and report on what we see, on what we find, on what we learn through our adventures on this very special vessel of ours, Seamaster.  Rather than reading about the most...

One would like to be a humungous sponge right now so I can absorb further all that I see, I smell, I hear, I sense and I feel. The body is in overdrive trying to soak it all in, perhaps something like a pincushion, all the pins jabbing you...

Alas we are coming to the end of our first adventure “The Antarctic Peninsula”, and I am wondering where to begin to summarise all the wonderful sights and experiences I have seen and had since arriving down here in early January. The...

Moored to the George VI Ice Shelf, I sit on Sea master’s bow and look out across the vast plains of the White Desert. As far as the eye can see, a smooth snowy/ice white landscape like the surface of another planet is dotted with perfectly...

WHEN FINDING OUT SEAMASTER HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND PETER HAD BEEN KILLED Being so remote on the Casiquiare and only having scheduled satellite telephone calls at certain times of the day, we did not learn about the incident and Peter's death...