We’ve made it back from an incredible week in the Kermadecs. While we there we found a new record for the Kermadecs - a soldierfish (there’ll be more details to follow in time on the blog), checked in on discoveries

While you’re watching this incredible footage that Steve captured on our final dives at L’Havre and L’Esperance (the southern most islands in the Kermadec Islands group) you can let my dulcet tones wash over you - I just can’t leave

If a diver was dropped in the Kermadec Islands with no information about their location and then asked to figure out where in the world they were, it would be a real challenge. Tropical or temperate waters? The marine life

Every dive on this expedition has been a good one. We’ve got great visibility and an incredibly rich marine environment to dive in. This dive footage captures the fairly typical marine environment where we are – a sandy bottom with

We’ve been focused on one of the requests from my colleagues (Dr Libby Liggins) to spot some specimens that will help draw the links between the Kermadecs and other marine environments. We’re working pretty hard at the moment – diving

A decent north-easterly wind has us tucked in on the south east side of Raoul but it isn’t impacting the diving conditions. You’ll see in Steve’s incredible footage today that the marine life here is truly abundant and spectacular.

We’ve made it to Raoul Island after a couple of reasonably tough days at sea. It started well with lots of talking and reading in our bunks but with a decent swell some of us were looking a little green

It’s good to be back on The Braveheart – I’ve spotted some familiar faces and reclaimed my cabin from last time. So this is our home away from home until out scheduled return to shore a little under two weeks

In 2011 we set off on a major biodiscovery expedition to the Kermadec Islands – some of you followed our discoveries via this blog and we’d like to invite you back to the Kermadecs. Two berths have become available on