Total Solar Eclipse - New

Cowansville, Quebec - April 08 2024

3 minutes and 23 seconds of totality, solar prominences, and the diamond ring were all highlights from this amazing celestial event.

Antarctica 2023 - New

Dec 05 - 19 2023, Including A Submarine Dive

My 5th time visiting the frozen continent, and this time I got to dive 570 feet (175 meters) down to the sea floor in a submersible.

Alberta - Badlands & Rocky Mountains

July 29 - Aug 05 2023

Trekking in some of Canada's most beautiful places

Alaska Cruise Aboard The Cunard Lines Queen Elizabeth

Alaska Inside Passage - July 07 - 17 2023

On-board lecturer for Canadian Geographic Adventures

Storm Chase 2023

Tornado Alley, U.S.A. - June 6th - 20th 2023

A late season storm chase trip with some incredible storms in Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.

The Wildlife Of Borneo

Malaysia, Jan 19 - Feb 06 2023

Exploring the wildlife of the island of Borneo, hosting a trip for Exodus Travels

Houses Entombed In Solid Ice

Crystal Beach, Ontario - Dec 26 2022

An intense "Bomb Cyclone" whips up Lake Erie and coats lakeshore houses in thick ice.

The Kingdom Of Jordan

Oct/Nov 2022

Petra, The Dead Sea, & Wadi Rum

Türkiye

Wild, Ancient Volcanic Landscapes In Cappadocia - Sept 04 - 09 2022

The alien landscapes of Cappadocia are best seen from above.. By hot air balloon.

Egypt

Alexandria To Aswan. - March 24 - April 06 2022

Hosting an epic trip for Exodus Travels including the Pyramids of Giza, the Nile River, Abu Simbel, Valley Of The Kings and much more.

Remote Northern Vancouver Island

Brooks Peninsula, B.C. - July 16-22 2021

Whales, sea otters, coastal wolves and the world's strongest tidal current in a very isolated part of Vancouver Island.

Partial Solar Eclipse

Toronto, Ontario - June 10 2021

A sunrise partial solar eclipse peeks out over the Toronto skyline.

Wild Waves & Flooding

Eastern Lake Erie - Nov 15 2020

Wild winds on Lake Erie bring huge waves, flooding... And surfers.

Kikai Caldera Undersea Super Volcano

Japan - March 2020

Aboard the science ship Fukae Maru, studying submerged plate tectonics and a hidden super-volcano.

Sakurajima Volcano

Southern Japan - March 2020

The city of Kagoshima and surrounding villages live in the shadow of continuously active volcano.

Giant Tortoises

Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles - Feb. 2020

One of the most amazing islands in the world, that very few people get to visit.

Hurricane Dorian

East Coast of Florida - Sept. 2019

Reporting on Hurricane Dorian for The Weather Network

Return to Darvaza, the "Doorway To Hell"

Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan - July 2019

Revisiting the flaming crater that I descended down inside during a world's first expedition for National Geographic and seeing the changes there since I last visited in 2013.

Ice Climbing an Atlantic Iceberg

Conception Bay, Newfoundland - June 2019

Placing a satellite tracking bacon at the summit of an iceberg that is thousands of years old.

Tornado Chase 2019

Central U.S. - Multiple Tornadoes & Brilliant Lightning

Several weeks on the road storm chasing, including a stint with the Tornado Visualization and Doppler Radar Analysis Project.

"Ice Shove" on Lake Erie

Fort Erie, Ontario - Feb 24 2019

High winds dramatically push ice up onto the shore of Lake Erie, we even had to scramble to get out of the way as the ice crashed towards us.

Polar Vortex Cold Snap Creates Gravity-Defying Noodles

Toronto, Ontario - Jan 31 2019

Extreme cold across North America has some interesting side-effects.

Alberta Clipper Dumps Over 30 cm of Snow, Causing Traffic Chaos

Toronto, Ontario - Jan 28 2019

Don Valley Parkway gridlock causes highway shutdown and abandoned vehicles.

Antarctica

With The Royal Canadian Geographical Society - Nov. 2018

On board the maiden voyage of the RCGS Resolute.

Africa Overland

Cape Town to Victoria Falls - Oct. 2018

23 days driving through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia.

Hurricane Florence

Wilmington, North Carolina - Sept. 12-14 2018

The slow-moving hurricane brings destructive winds and record flooding to North Carolina.

Marum Volcano Expedition

Ambrym Island, Vanuatu - July, 2018

Three weeks camped on top of an active volcano, doing multiple 1200 foot descents to the lava lake inside.

The Himalayas & Earthquake Recovery

Nepal - March 27-April 10, 2018

Filming with The Weather Network in Nepal, including a helicopter flight to Mount Everest Base Camp at 17,600 feet - Without acclimatizing!

Total Solar Eclipse

Silver Point, Tennessee - Aug 21 2017

Clear skies in the center point of the path of totality. An amazing spectacle of nature that blew my mind. We were live streaming the eclipse for The Weather Network.

Marum Volcano Expedition

Ambrym Island, Vanuatu - June - Aug 2017

Nearly 2 months camped on an active volcano & numerous descents down to the lava inside, 1200 feet down.

Mount Everest Base Camp

Himalayas, Nepal - March 27th - April 10th 2018

Filming for The Weather Network in Nepal, we documented earthquake recovery and flew up to Everest Base Camp at 17,600 ft.(5380 meters) without acclimatizing!... Briefly.

Yasur Volcano

Tanna Island, Vanuatu - July 2017

Explosive eruptions at one of the world's most active volcanoes.

North Korea

Mountain Trekking in the DPRK - May/June 2017

10 days, climbing several of North Korea's mountains and experiencing one of the world's most secretive nations.

Location Filming

Bahamas & British Columbia - May 2017

Filming segments in 2 very different locations, for Discovery Science Channel. Norman's Cay, Bahamas and Spotted Lake, British Columbia.

Fading Bloodlines Expedition

Myanmar (Burma) Feb/March 2017

Documenting the tattooed women of Chin and Rakhine State

Galapagos Islands - Oct. 2016

Ecuador (500 miles off the west coast of South America)

Amazing wildlife, much of which is found nowhere else.

Hurricane Matthew - Oct. 7th 2016

Florida (Melbourne to Cape Canaveral)

Hurricane Matthew rakes the U.S. Atlantic coastline.

Polar Bears & Northern Lights - Aug 2016

Nanuk Lodge, Northern Manitoba

An amazing encounter with wildlife and the Aurora Borealis with Churchill Wild and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

The Wild Horses of Sable Island

175 km (109 mi) off the coast of Nova Scotia - June 11-19. 2016

Filming with The Weather Network on this infrequently visited Atlantic Island, known for its population of wild, feral horses.

Tornado Chase - May 2016

Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas

An unbelievable chase with five consecutive days witnessing tornadoes, including numerous from one storm in Dodge City, Kansas.

Fort McMurray, Alberta Wildfire - May 2016

Largest Wildfire Evacuation in Canadian History

After waiting for several days for the roadblocks to clear, I was one of the first people to drive up through Fort McMurray, Alberta after the devastating wildfire that swept through the city.

Filming a commercial Inside Pacaya Volcano

Guatemala - Feb 2016

Completing a world's first descent to the bottom of Pacaya volcano crater while filming a commercial for Burger King's "Angriest Whopper"

Congo Volcano Expedition - Nyiragongo & Nyamuragira

Virunga National Park Jan/Feb 2016

Descent to the edge of the largest lava lake in the world inside Nyiragongo crater. Also, a U.N. chopper flight to the rarely visited Nyamuragira volcano.

Descent into Benbow Volcano Crater

Ambrym Island, Vanuatu - Nov 28 - Dec 10 2015

A descent to the bottom of the crater to the edge of the violent lake of lava inside.

Historic Flooding in South Carolina

South Carolina Oct. 2015

Some areas get more than 600mm of rain dumped on them, causing a "One in a Thousand Year" flood.

Monsoon Season Rains & Coastal Erosion

Bangladesh - July 15-30, 2015

I travel through Bangladesh in the wet season to learn more about how the people living there cope with the extremes of weather, and the increasing threat from the effects of climate change.

Documenting Atlantic Icebergs

"Iceberg Alley" Newfoundland - June 12-22, 2015

Climbing and SCUBA diving icebergs, and joining a U.S. Coast Guard/International Ice Patrol flight.

Tornado Chase 2015

Daily Updates

Follow along as myself and the rest of the Cloud 9 Tours team tracks down the worst weather Mother Nature has to offer.

Laos

Fires, Caves and More. - April 2015

We travel to Laos to examine the effects of slash & burn agriculture on climate, and visit some of the country's spectacular caves.

Oymyakon, Siberia

The coldest permanently inhabited place in the world - March 2015

I travel along the "Road of Bones" in freezing cold temperatures during the Siberian winter to learn about how the permafrost is melting.

Record Breaking Rainfall & Sea Level Rise

Tuvalu, South Pacific - Jan 27-Feb 05, 2015

Embedded with the firefighters in the middle of the action as they tackle the worst bushfire that Australia has seen in decades.

Sampson Flat Fire - Worst in 30 Years!

Adelaide Hills, Australia Jan. 02 2015

Embedded with the firefighters in the middle of the action as they tackle the worst bushfire that Australia has seen in decades.

Snow Emergency After 6+ FEET of Lake Effect Snow

Buffalo, New York - Nov 17-21 2014

The city of Buffalo is walloped with unimaginable amounts of lake-effect snow, crippling parts of the city and causing travel chaos.

Rio Roosevelt, the "River of Doubt"

Amazon Rainforest, Brazil - Nov. 2014

Following in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon expedition from 1913

Scientific Expedition & New Cave Discovery - Oct. 2014

Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar

Mapping a new cave system & exploring one of the most surreal landscapes on Earth.

Up Close to a Violent Lake of Lava - Aug 2014

Marum Volcano, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu

Getting as close as humanly possible to a violently boiling lake of lava, 1200 feet down inside!!

Hurricane Arthur - July 05 2014

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

Filming Hurricane Arthur for The Weather Network at Iconic Peggy's Cove.

Storm Chase 2012

May & June, 2012

Photos from my 54 day, 35,000 mile storm chase. Photographing the worst weather in "Tornado Alley"

The Great Canadian Winter Road Trip

Jan 26 - Feb 29 2012

Across Canada, to the Arctic, including avalanche control, northern lights and driving the ice road to Tuktoyaktuk while filming for The Weather Network.

Europe 2011

Greece, England, Scotland & Wales

Onstage at TEDx Athens and a visit to the U.K.

Tornado Chase 2011

Tornado Alley, USA

My daily updates from all across Tornado Alley

Joplin Tornado Disaster

Joplin, Missouri - May 22, 2011

First on the scene after a devastating tornado rips through town

Greenland In Winter

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland - Feb, 2011

A incredible frigid journey to the Greenland ice cap & plenty of northern lights.

Shark Diving

Nassau, Bahamas Jan, 2011

Celebrating our wedding anniversary by diving with dozens of sharks, without a cage.

Hurricane Igor

Bermuda Sept 19, 2010

Weather craziness in Bermuda as Hurricane Igor strikes the island

Tornado Chase 2010

Tornado Alley, USA

Chasing storms for 6 weeks across the central United States. Read the daily blog.

The Empty Quarter Desert (Rub' al Khali)

Southern United Arab Emirates - Jan 2010

A world of extremes - Off the beaten path on an off-road expedition in one of the largest sand deserts in the world.

Monstrous Lake Effect Snow Squalls & Snow Emergency

Lake Huron/Georgian Bay Region - Ontario, Dec. 2009

A wild snow storm followed by several days of intense lake effect snow completely paralyze parts of Ontario. The amount of snow that actually came down has been estimated at up to 4 to 6 feet!!

Catatumbo Everlasting Lightning Storm

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Oct. 2009

A bizarre weather phenomenon that produces lightning storms in one area on up to 160 nights of the year!

Getting Wild in Venezuela

Los Llanos, Venezuela Oct. 2009

Wrangling a 5 meter anaconda and swimming in a pond with thousands of piranhas!

Naica Crystal Cave - Incredibly Beautiful Yet Deadly

Chihuahua, Mexico Sept. 03-06, 2009

50 Celsius and over 90% Humidity in the most spectacular cave ever discovered.

DRDC Centrifuge - High G Tolerance Tests

Downsview, Toronto Aug. 27, 2009

Pulling 5 G's and trying to not pass out.

The Weightlessness Experience

Aboard "G-Force One" - July 11, 2009

Floating in zero gravity to simulate space travel.

Flight Aboard an L-39 Fighter Jet

Waterloo, Ontario - June. 21, 2009

High G force rolls, turns and upside-down flying. What a rush!

Highway To Hail

Chasing Huge Hail Storms - June. 01-16, 2009

`Punching the Core`of severe storms to document hail size.

Space Flight Training

NASTAR (National Aerospace Training & Research) Facility, Pennsylvania - April 16-17, 2009

Pulling double the G-forces in a giant centrifuge than what occurs during a Space Shuttle launch.

Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic Island

Tonga - April 10-13, 2009

A tricky landing on the newest island on earth - A volcanic island that had recently erupted out of the sea.

Rotorua Hydrothermal Area

New Zealand - April 05-08, 2009

Geysers, hot springs and colonies of extremophile bacteria.

Polar Expedition Survival Training

Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic - March 10-20, 2009

Ski trekking on sea ice and dog sledding through the Canadian Arctic wilderness, in temperatures as low as -30C (-45 with wind chill).

Antarctica Expedition #2

Jan. 2009

A week and a half after returning to Argentina from my first Antarctic voyage, I headed back for another dose of adventure in a land of extremes and rugged beauty.

Monster Snow Squalls

Arkona, Ontario - Nov. 21, 2008

Total chaos as 76cm of lake effect snow falls in 24 hours, closing roads and stranding motorists.

Into The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Ukraine - Nov. 02-04, 2008

A trip into the radioactive zone surrounding the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster.

Aral Sea Ecological Catastrophe

Uzbekistan - Oct. 25-31 2008

Exploring the sea that has shrunk to only a fraction of its former size due to mismanagement.

Kitum Cave

Mount Elgon, Kenya - Oct. 19-21 2008

Underground elephants scrape the cave walls here but it's the deadly Marburg virus that I had to worry about after being bitten by a bat.

The Great Wildebeest Migration

Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct. 14-18 2008

On safari to see the wildlife of Africa, including one of the most spectacular migrations in the world.

Kawah Ijen Volcano & Acid Lake

Indonesia- July 14-15, 2008

While exploring the sulfur mine there, I took a boat out onto the lake of sulfuric acid.

Anak Krakatau Volcano

Indonesia- July 14-15, 2008

Big eruptions (some containing lightning) at one of the world's most notorious volcanoes

Komodo Dragons

Rinca Island, Indonesia- July 31, 2008

Getting up close (too close) to the largest lizards on Earth.

Semeru Volcano

Indonesia- July 23, 2008

Summit climb to the highest peak on Java which is also a very active volcano.

Sidoarjo Mudflow Disaster

East Java - July 2008

A drilling operation gone wrong creates a mud volcano that destroys everything in its path.

India Monsoon

June/July 2008

Heavy rains and flooding all across India, including some of the rainiest places on Earth.

Tornado Chase 2008 - U.S. Great Plains

May 2008

Chasing tornadoes and severe storms in Tornado Alley. The images below link to the daily blog reports from the chase.

Mali Expedition - Sand Storms & an Overland Journey to Timbuktu in the Sahara Desert

April 13-28 2008

A journey through West Africa to the legendary city of Timbuktu.

Iceland Expedition

March 2008

Geysers, glaciers, ice climbing on an iceberg and a meeting with the president himself.

Extreme Cold

Yukon - Feb. 2008

Documenting one of the coldest places in North America, and how people handle it.

Stromboli Volcano

Italy - Jan. 15, 2008

Jets of hot lava and billowing ash clouds as seen from the summit of one of the world's most active volcanoes.

Kilauea Volcano New Activity Viewed by Helicopter

Hawaii - Dec. 2007

Surveying the recent changes in volcanic activity including new flows and lava ponds.

Spectacular Lightning

Northern Territory, Australian Outback - Dec. 07, 2007

Intense cloud to ground lightning bolts near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Shark Feeding Frenzy - Oahu, Hawaii - Nov. 28, 2007

Dozens of very excited sharks, all interested in one thing...

Post-Tropical Hurricane Noel - Nova Scotia - Nov. 4, 2007

The remnants of hurricane Noel pound the Nova Scotia coastline with enormous waves.

Hurricane Dean - Jamaica - Aug. 19, 2007

Category 4 hurricane Dean scrapes the Jamaica coastline.

Florida Wild Water Adventure - Aug. 2007

Waterspouts in the Keys and Alligators in the Everglades.

World's First Traverse of the Boiling Lake - Dominica, West Indies - July 6, 2007

Suspended by rope over the violently boiling sulfurous lake.

Brilliant Lightning - Big Springs, Texas - May 7, 2007

Incredible cloud to ground lightning lighting up the night sky.

Patagonia Expedition & Sailing Around Cape Horn - Argentina & Chile - March 19 - April 4 2007

Climbing on the fascinating blue Holanda glacier & sailing the Southern Ocean around Cape Horn - Many more updates to come when I have the time. Patagonia is such an amazing place.

Avalanche Control Along The Trans-Canada Hwy, B.C. - Feb 20, 2007

Firing artillery into the mountains and dropping explosives from a helicopter.

Winter Ascent of Mount Washington - NH - Jan 22-24, 2007

Known as the place with the "Worst weather in the world" I figured I should climb it...In the middle of winter of course.

Extreme Ice Experiment - Ottawa, ON - Jan 26, 2007

Frozen Solid: Inside a wind tunnel with -18 temperatures, water spray and hurricane force winds. Yes that's me underneath all that ice.

Yasur Volcano - Tanna Island, Vanuatu - Dec 2006

Explosively active with huge lava bombs and clouds of ash... And I got married there !!

Kilauea Volcano Lava Flows - Big Island, Hawaii - Dec 2006

Lava pours into the Pacific from a new lava flow

Great White Shark Diving - Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico - Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2006

In the water with the most feared creatures in the sea. Cage diving with numerous sharks in the area, some up to 16 feet long.

Incredible Firestorm !! - Thunder Bay Sept. 13-17

Spectacular air to air photos of an ignition helicopter using a drip torch to start a prescribed burn 150 km north of Thunder Bay. This has been the busiest September for forest fires in over 20 years in the region. Click below for more pictures.