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Published in DIVE LOG Australasia

Jett & Kathryn Britnell July 31, 2020 Comments are off

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“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

In the August 2020 issue of DIVE LOG Australasia, Kathryn and I are both doing our best to give back to the dive industry, and are also helping to make British Columbia’s spectacular ocean realm better known to our brothers and sisters living in the land down under.

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“Into The Sea Lions Den” Published in Luxe Beat Magazine

Jett & Kathryn Britnell July 23, 2020 Comments are off

Steller sea lions Norris Rocks Jett Britnell

“Into the Sea Lions Den” is our latest Third Age Expeditions story for our column in Luxe Beat Magazine and we have been awarded another Editor’s Pick!

DANCES WITH SEA LIONS

After splashing into the ocean, we quickly descend 10 meters and kneel down upon the rock-strewn seafloor. At the edge of underwater visibility, we could make out some torpedo-shaped silhouettes. Suddenly, from out of the emerald haze more than 20 female sea lions appeared. Glancing over at my dive buddy, I could see a young female sea lion inquisitively peering into his underwater camera system’s dome port. Two coquettish sea lions stop to pose right in front of me as third one mischievously yanked on one of my fins. Then as quickly as they had arrived, the sea lions exploded towards the surface while unleashing a whimsical series of un-choreographed pirouettes, dramatic turns and topsy-turvy spins. Soon enough, they returned to swarm us again and again.

Link to story: here.

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Big Picture in Canadian Geographic!

Jett & Kathryn Britnell June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Comments are off

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My image of a red eye medusa jellyfish is the “Big Picture” featured in a double-page spread of the July/August 2020 issue of Canadian Geographic, a magazine of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Canadian Geographic has been making Canada better known to Canadians and the world since is was first published in May 1930. The publication is the authoritative source for all things geography, wildlife and environment, climate and energy, travel, culture and exploration in Canada.

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Gearing Up For A Polar Expedition Cruise

Jett & Kathryn Britnell May 26, 2020May 28, 2020 Comments are off

Out on the Arctic sea ice north of Svalbard Norway. Photo by Jett Britnell

Editor’s Picks

“Gearing Up For A Polar Expedition Cruise” is our latest Luxe Beat Third Age Expeditions column has just been published. And we have another “Editor’s Picks” feature!

Third Age Expeditions May 2020 – Jett Britnell

Not unlike during the “Heroic Age” of polar exploration over just over a century ago, participating in a modern-day polar expedition cruise does require substantially more planning than a vacation trip to Greece or Hawaii.

Link to article: Here

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Cold Coast: Exploring Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago

Jett & Kathryn Britnell March 13, 2020 Comments are off

Feel the Polar Bug

Our latest “Third Age Expeditions column” in Luxe Beat Magazine is published online today and we have made the “Editor’s Picks.” “Cold Coast: Exploring Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago” summarizes our polar cruising expedition in August 2019 with PolarQuest, a world leading operator of small ship expedition cruises in Svalbard. If you have ever dreamed of taking the trip of a lifetime, this adventure will leave you with a severe case of “Polar Bug.” To discover what that is, you will have to read to the end of the article. This story also includes numerous images that Kathryn made including this polar bear. Looking at her beautiful image captures makes me want to go back… and perhaps insist that we start co-branding our images.

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Last Tango in Paris: Napoleon’s Tomb

Jett & Kathryn Britnell December 12, 2019December 13, 2019 Comments are off

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Magazine called “Last Tango in Paris: Napoléon’s Tomb” was published today and it has garnered us another “Editor’s Picks.”

Here is a link to the story: Here

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Underwater Playground: Underwater Photo Feature

Jett & Kathryn Britnell November 12, 2019May 28, 2020 Comments are off

Underwater Photo Feature

I just received a PDF of a photo feature about my underwater photography which was published in the “Lens Flare” section of “Ocean: The World of Luxury Yachting” magazine which is published in the land down under. You know, that place where women glow and men plunder. Yes, indeed, I’m talking about Australia.

Ocean Magazine

A huge thank you to Hillary Buckman (Mother, wife, slave to business, wine lover, ocean protector, traveller and lover of the odd party) and her team at Ocean Media Australia for featuring my underwater photography.

Here is a link to Ocean: The World of Luxury Yachting online magazine: Here

In The Press Published Work

Graveyard of the Great Lakes: Tobermory’s Shipwrecks

Jett & Kathryn Britnell October 7, 2019 Comments are off

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for LuxeBeat Magazine has been awarded “editor’s pick.” The editor commented… “Perfect article for October.” Kathryn and I were not thinking about Halloween when the finishing touches to the piece were added, so incorporating the word “Graveyard” into the article’s title was kismet.

The Red Dot Marks The Spot

Tobermory location

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Raptures of the Deep: Beneath British Columbia’s Emerald Sea

Jett & Kathryn Britnell August 6, 2019 Comments are off

“Raptures of the Deep: Beneath British Columbia’s Emerald Sea”, our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Magazine, has just been published.

Splendor In The Pass

Queen Charlotte Strait lies between the “top end” of Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s mainland. It is an immense waterway with narrow, constricted passages, fjord-like inlets, large islands and a tangled maze of scrawnier weather-beaten islets. Seasonal upwellings combined with extreme tidal water movement produces an enriched planktonic soup that supports a lush profusion of exotic marine life and more than 400 species of marine fish. These waters also support a healthy population of marine mammals and are deemed to be one of the best places on earth to observe seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoise, Minke whales, grey whales, humpback whales and a resident pod of more than 100 killer whales.

Link to story here

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Fish Photography: The Ultimate Undersea Skill

Jett & Kathryn Britnell July 2, 2019July 7, 2019 Comments are off

Study the fish to setermine what environment you will find them in Longnose Hawkfish copyright by Jett Britnell

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column about “Fish Photography: The Ultimate Undersea Skill” was published today by Luxe Beat Magazine. It was also selected as an Editors Pick Feature.

Approach tactics

Use whatever cover the reef terrain provides and keep the sun behind you. As you slowly creep forward, use as little extra movement as possible and decide how you will frame your subject. If the fish appears nervous, stop and play the waiting game. Every fish has a minimum approach distance. If you violate this limit, the fish will likely swim away. If the fish seem really skittish, simply leave the area and return later in the dive to try again. By then, they will have forgotten about you and resumed their normal routine.

Link to the full story: Here