Seven years ago, a good friend invited me to, and introduced me to, one of the most extraordinary places on Earth I’ve ever experienced: Skjervøy, Norway. This place, well into the Arctic, is as brutal as it is beautiful, and full of life. My first experience of the Norwegian fjords around Skjervøy was filled with […]
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The drive between Mallow and Portmagee might be long, but it never fails to delight. On this day, a disappointment had a silver lining and reminded me to always bring a camera, even when I think I won’t use it. We had finished our first dive of the day off Portmagee, but the conditions were […]
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Just before getting into the water for my Edithburgh dive, we spotted this super-cool Australian sea lion basking in the shallows next to the jetty. You can tell from this image that even though the water looks clear, it is actually very, very green, which didn’t bode well for being under the surface rather than […]
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The first time we came here, twenty years ago, I had to make do by taking aim with my camera, just as any would-be plunderer of the twelfth century might have, from ground level. Catapults and siege engines would have made short work of that lofty fortress, but somehow the Kilmacduagh Round Tower, near Gort […]
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On yet another heartbreaking beach walk, I came upon many pipefish, weedy whiting, and tubemouths washed up and dehydrating in the sun. This one, identified by Janine Baker, is a tubemouth (Siphonognathus argyrophanes). Tubemouths are almost impossible to see in their natural habitat when diving among seagrass beds. Perhaps I’ve captured them before, but never […]
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