After my first experiences with the pristine, ancient rocks in Greenland, geological field work in tropical northern Australia was a shock. The rocks…

Before moving to Greenland, I did not know that the word ‘winter’ could be made into a verb. I had never ‘winterized’ anything…

There is always an element of slapstick when my son dons his bright orange dry suit. He wasn’t particularly keen on it when…

The job advertisement all but leapt from the page. It was exactly what I’d been looking for all these years since we left…

The tumbling, rushing water dives over a rocky ledge and into a dark pool. There is a flash of silver as a fish…

A faint birdlike call in the darkness rouses me and I reach for my phone. It’s three in the morning. The pale yellow…

In hindsight, it wasn’t a very good idea. Earlier in the day moving between one boat and the other had been easy. After…

Sometimes good things come from bad places. Three years ago, almost to the day, I slipped on a gravelly surface while trekking in…