Category: Videos and pics

Working on the Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean was not only exciting, it was educational. It was crazy to learn about the hot hydrothermal vents lying deep below, as well as cold methane seeps so frosty they looked like mountains of snow. And both of them are habitats for the weirdest accumulation of sea creatures. My favourites are the octopuses, who are eerily intelligent.

Kudos also to video project leader, Dr. Judith Gobin, and Dr. Diva Ammon, both scientists from T&T, for being the first two female scientists on board the EV Nautilus! Enjoy Episode Three.

“What is it about the deep that fascinates us, enthrals us, and even scares us so much? Is it the mystery? The inaccessibility? Or just our natural curiosity?”

The Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean project took almost a year, but the team had great chemistry and it was a wonderful experience. I spent months going through hours of deep-sea footage taken by the EV Nautilus, captained by the renowned deep-sea biologist Dr. Robert Ballard, founder of the Ocean Exploration Trust. (He found the Titanic).

What an experience! The creatures were bizarre. The terrain reminded me of sci-fi footage from deep space movies. I literally felt cold while watching!

Here’s Episode Two.

The video series Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean was one of my favourite pet projects. I was contracted to produce five scripts and one coffee table book for the National Institute of Higher Education, Research and Technology (NIHERST), a government agency I’d had long-standing affiliations with.

While I did contribute a lot of material to Episode One, I can’t claim a writing credit on it. However, the other four in the series were all mine. Enjoy this introduction.