Tag: Mae Dorricott
The Sea of Cortez and the Baja Peninsula
There is something special about sipping a coffee as the sun rises over the calm Sea of Cortez. Combine that with a pod of...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLAR: Australia’s Neptune Islands
Sitting south of Port Lincoln in the Great Australian Bight, the Neptune Islands look like freckles on the face of a haphazard sea. A...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLAR: Lembeh Straits
Lembeh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Mecca for macro. I came to this haven for the craziest-looking creatures in the sea with the fantastic photographer...
Data from the deep – scientific expedition with Sonia Rowley
Our-World Underwater Scholar Mae Dorricott reports from an expedition to Pohnpei to work with renowned biologist Sonia Rowley
With my face glued to the car...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLARSHIP: Data from the deep
Scholar Mae Dorricott spends a month taking part in marine studies off the island of Pohnpei, and is left awe-struck by the scenery and...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLAR: Fish wrangling with the masterful Mustard
Have you ever watched storm chasers? Where thrill-seekers chase, and get ridiculously close to mesmerising and dangerous tornados? Well, that is what was going...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLAR: Floating in the Ambience
Opening the delivery box, I’m faced with the yellow shell of a complex-looking machine, the AP Evolution rebreather unit. This was to be my...
OUR-WORLD UNDERWATER SCHOLAR: Mae Dorricott, memoires of a mermaid
Let me introduce myself; my name is Mae Dorricott, from a little village in the North West of England, and I’ve always had a...