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Ice House I, Antarctica, 2012 ICE HOUSE I and ICE HOUSE II were taken from the deck of the Academic Ioffe as we sailed north past the Biscoe Islands towards Deception Island. “I was struck immediately by the anomaly of a recognisable domestic house-like shape set within a completely wild and uninhabitable landscape.”
Ice House II, Antarctica, 2012 ICE HOUSE I and ICE HOUSE II were taken from the deck of the Academic Ioffe as we sailed north past the Biscoe Islands towards Deception Island. “I was struck immediately by the anomaly of a recognisable domestic house-like shape set within a completely wild and uninhabitable landscape.”
Shark Ice, Antartica, 2012 SHARK ICE was also taken from a kayak in Andvord Bay. The larger ʻcalvesʼ are inherently unstable, and their various parts melt at different speeds depending on which of them is in the water. So they twist and occasionally overturn as their centres of gravity shift. This shape was particularly impressive.
Blue Ice Castle, Antarctica, 2012 BLUE ICE CASTLE lay at the head of Andvord Bay. The ice is blue because its own weight, over the time it takes the glacier to reach the sea from the mountains, has crushed the oxygen out of it. This photograph was taken from a kayak, so the closer we got the more we had to take into account the waves caused by constant ʻcalvingʼ.
Crocodile Sunset, Antarctica, 2012 CROCODILE SUNSET broke through the gloom of the clouds that had encompassed us since the start of the trip. Suddenly the mountains bordering the Bismarck Strait were illuminated by a sunset that was all the more impressive for being unexpected and welcome. If you look closely you can see the reason for the title of this photograph.
Crabeater, Antarctica, 2012
Pintado, Antarctica, 2012
Pintado In Snow, Antarctica, 2012 PINTADO IN SOUTHERN OCEAN was photographed in the Drake Passage, the body of water that separates the tip of Argentina from Antarctica. The pintados accompanied the boat on and off throughout the two daysʼ crossing, tiny birds swooping in and out of the wavesʼ peaks and troughs.
Horseshoe Island, Antarctica, 2012 HORSESHOE ISLAND lies at nearly 68 degrees south, the furthest south we got. Beyond this the icebergs were too dangerous.
Ice Henge, Antarctica, 2012
Crossing the Line, Antarctica, 2012 CROSSING THE LINE was taken exactly as we crossed the Antarctic Circle as the ship turned north after encountering icebergs in the Matha Strait. We were sailing through brash ice whose edge was formed into a perfect line by the force of the wind blowing against it. The three parts of the photograph are the brash ice at the bottom, the clear sea beyond, and the sky at the top.
Thin White Line, Iceland, 2016 Griff stopped the car just beyond Lonkot on Skagafjor∂ur so I could catch this shot of a range of mountains with the snow whipped off their ridges by the driving winds.
Within seconds the white light had gone, and with it the shot. I had captured it just in time thanks to Griff’s reaction.
Somewhere In Iceland, 2016 After fish and chips at Olafsvik on the north coast of Snaefelsnes we tried to get over the road pass back to the hotel at Bu∂ir, on the south coast. The condition of the road spooked Peter, so after a short walk with spectacular views we turned back and drove round the peninsular.
This view looked like a line drawing, which I hope I’ve captured.
Two Men Walking, Iceland, 2016 Just beyond Reykjali∂ on the shores of Myvatn is the extinct caldera of Kefla. Jo and I went clockwise on the ridge; this is a shot across the volcano of Peter and Griff going the other way round.
I like the way that the photograph looks like the back of a zebra.
All Blue, Iceland, 2016 The ice on the surface of Myvatn gives a natural glow to this view of a distant hill. We were surprised in this desolate landscape to stumble across a film crew putting the final touches to Fast & Furious 8.
This was genuinely amazingly blue, which I love.
Big Sky, Iceland, 2016
Church II BUDHI, Iceland, 2016 This lovely church is right next to the Hotel Bu∂ir, on the south coast of Snaefelsnes. It sits overlooking the waters of Faxafloi, on the far edge of which sits Reykjavik. There’s a coast walk from the hotel, with sandy paths winding among dunes from which you can see the seals playing in the shallow water.
The evening we arrived that day’s snow had melted, but overnight there was a fresh fall. I got up early to take this photograph. By the evening the snow had again gone.
Fishing Boat Coming Back, Iceland, 2016 Taken on the western shore of Eyjafjor∂ur, a few miles north of Akureyri. We were heading towards Siglufjor∂ur, which is about 3o km south of the Arctic Circle. You can get a sense of the scale of the mountains on the other side of the fjord from the size of the boat.
Where has it been?
Fence Across Water, Iceland, 2016
Fence, Iceland, 2016 There’s a scarcely drivable track from Myvatn into the interior near Bar∂, where after a four hours we donned snowshoes and walked a kilometer to enter a most beautiful cave. This shot is of the fence that the high wheel base LandRover had to follow to make sure that it was on the right road.
Strangely Iceland is criss crossed with fences that do, as far as we could tell, practically no work at all.
Geyser From Afar, Iceland, 2016 One of Iceland’s most active volcanic areas is near Myvatn. This photograph is taken on the road out of Rejkjali∂, where the smell of sulphurous fumes mixed with the steam is almost unbearable.
I like the way that the steam generated by the geysir in the valley looks like an old fashioned steam train.
Teeth, Iceland, 2016
Mountain, Iceland, 2016
Red Church Ponies Sheep, Iceland, 2016 Taken on Snaefelses’ southern coast road. The small and hardy ponies are distinctively Icelandic, and in the summer are used to take tourists off-road into Iceland’s uninhabited interior. We didn't see many sheep; lots of churches.
This photograph is a ‘full house’ of things that populate an Icelandic scene.
S Shape, Iceland, 2016 We drove from Snaefelsnes to Reykjavik along a road that snaked between fields lightly covered with snow. This was taken just beyond Sta∂usta∂ur.
I like the impression of an empty road, apparently going nowhere.

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