The Americas

Lazy Bear Lodge in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada has been advertising polar bear adventures in early winter for years. I’ve always past on them for various reasons. Then this year they offered something different – a journey to Fireweed Island to see the bears in summer, in the flowers. Now here was something completely different. As … Read more

What an amazing week on the Sea of Cortez in Mexico on the Nautilus Gallant Lady! While originally billed as being with schools of mobula ray’s it has since morphed into an Orca trip. And boy did we have Orca! And a lot more. We had orca, blue whales, pilot whales, dolphins, sea lions, perhaps … Read more

In Jan of 2024 we made the trek to San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico on the Baja peninsula to see the new gray whale calves. A memorable experience for sure. Checkout a few videos of the adventure here.

We adventured to Magdalena Bay, Mexico in November 2022 to try and snorkel with the blue marlin as they hunt bait balls of the worlds second largest sardine run! We had a lot of work, long hot days on the water and great adventures with the super fast predators. Nautilus Liveaboards continues to run great … Read more

Our original plan had been to tour the Kamchatka Peninsula in the summer but one notorious asshole, Valdimer Putin, ruined that trip with his murderous war against Ukraine. As you can imagine it wouldn’t be wise sending Americans, Aussies and Brits into Russian waters in 2022. So we were offered an alternative when that was … Read more