My Antarctic stats
- Began working in travel: 2015
- Antarctic activities tested: Citizen Science
- Polar plunges braved: 1
My top 5 Antarctic experiences
- Arriving in Antarctic waters early, letting us visit the iconic Elephant Island and getting a rare sighting of a blue whale in the process!
- Experiencing the electric buzz on the ship when our expedition team pulled back the curtain during an introductory lecture to reveal a mile-long tabular iceberg straight in front of us
- Having the Captain park the ship right next to a swathe of sea ice so we could walk on it – completely unexpected
- Getting so excited when a minke whale popped up about 20 metres (66 feet) from my ship that I accidentally pocket-called my dad
- Reaching the top of the caldera on Penguin Island. On a clear day, there is no place more beautiful than Antarctica

Making it to my seventh continent
My photos of Antarctica
More about me
- I started my career as a specialist in tailor-made holidays, eventually moving on to organising business travel for high-profile clients
- I’ve also worked as a photographer specialising in nature, editorial and e-commerce shoots, and currently volunteer as a director at a community darkroom in Bristol
- I'm never far away from my next birdwatching holiday – although my wife, Kemi, sometimes needs some convincing to come along!
- My love of wildlife has taken me across the globe, seeing favourites like the resplendent quetzal in Costa Rica, the picathartes in Ghana, and more recently, the Nile Valley sunbird in Egypt. Of course, I particularly enjoyed all the birds I witnessed in Antarctica

Out on deck

What our customers think of Colin
Review: