SELF-GUIDED SOLO HIKING IN THE ALGARVE “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.” ― Werner Herzog Long a popular pastime in European countries, self-guided solo hiking vacations are a relatively new travel concept to North Americans. While day hiking does require some measure of physical fitness, this is a pursuit for people...
Jett Britnell, Incoming Canadian Chapter Chair at The Explorers Club
“Truly, I never imagined any of this.” It’s a distinct honour for me to announce that I have accepted the role of Chapter Chair at The Explorers Club- Canadian Chapter for a two-year term effective January 1, 2022. My sincerest thanks to outgoing Chapter Chair, George Kourounis FI’09, for both recommending and encouraging me...
Exploring Mars from the Depths of a Canadian Lake
Our latest column for Luxe Beat Magazine was published and we scored another Luxe Beat Magazine… “Editor’s Picks!” “WOW! You hit another one out of the park! LOVE this piece. From Martini’s to Mars…Jett and Kathryn rock it!” ~ Editor, LuxeBeat Magazine “Our objective was to explore and photograph the mysterious prehistoric calcareous organisms...
Jett Britnell: Scubaverse Underwater Photographer Interview
If you could photograph any one thing/place what or where would that be? There is no one place for me. I would love to photograph marine life in the Arctic and Antarctica, Orcas in Norway, or diving with sharks and whales just about anywhere; exploring ancient shipwrecks in the Greek Isles, and the Philippines...
Just Published – MARTINI: The Elixir of Quietude
“OMG… I love it! Such a lovely piece.” ~ Sherrie Wilkolaski, Editor in Chief & CEO, Luxe Beat Magazine We have earned another “Editors Pick” and feature story! “Martini aficionados, cocktail connoisseurs, famous actors, chic intellectuals, aristocrats, jet-setters, lounge lizards, gin-soaked barroom queens, and a legion of notorious hard-drinking writers have all waxed poetic...
Diving Nakwakto Rapids Story Published!
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column called… “Liquid Rush!: Beneath British Columbia’s Nakwakto Rapids” has just been published in Luxe Beat Magazine. This article has also earned us another “Editors Picks.” 39 KILOMETERS PER HOUR! “In recent times, the Guinness Book of World Records once listed Nakwakto Rapids as having “the fastest navigable tidal...
Inspired Living: Polar Cruising in Norway’s Arctic Archipelago
Our story “Polar Cruising in Norway’s Arctic Archipelago” is published in the January 2021 edition of INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine. The article is about polar expedition cruising in Svalbard, Norway, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas known for glacial fjords, frozen tundra Svalbard reindeer, Arctic foxes, walrus and polar bears. Article here:...
Mucho Thanks!
All Things Must Pass On December 31, 2020, my 2-year term as Explorers Club Regional Director, BC / Yukon, Canadian Chapter, came to an end. I would like to seize this opportunity to formally welcome Sunniva Sorby MI’19, as the new Regional Director, BC / Yukon. Since I assumed the role in January 2019,...
Finding Beauty, Truth, And Meaning in Norway
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Magazine called “A Day at the Museum: Finding Beauty, Truth and Meaning in Norway” was published today. This story has also garnered us another “Editor’s Picks” shout out! “Breathtaking fjords, majestic glaciers, and spectacular wildlife are high on the adventure list of reasons to visit...
Our story in Dive Log Australasia
“DIVE LOG Australasia is striving to constantly produce great reading. August 2020 is a bumper issue. Our plan here is to give something back to the diving industry.” ~ Mike Scotland, Publisher & Editor Diving Wild in British Columbia In the August 2020 issue of DIVE LOG Australasia, Kathryn and I are both doing...