Today my commute was from Dawson, Canada to Haines, Alaska. So first things first, I load up the iPod, then load up on fuel because it’s a long old drive. What a drive though. Leaving behind the dust of Dawson City, I headed south,...
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Today’s challenge was to get 17 large flight cases and two of us crew from Georgetown to Guyana’s interior. So off we trot to the local airport with our cargo. First, it wasn’t exactly Heathrow and second, our plane was barely bigger than my car. How...
Read MoreCue the Jaws music for today’s challenge, filming great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. Everything was in place for shooting -- including the cameraman, who was lowered, in a cage, into the water. The boat crew had tempting bait to ensure the shark...
Read MoreEver wondered what would happen if you flicked on a light switch while in a house with a gas leak? Well, to save anyone the trouble of blowing up their own home (and no doubt themselves), my brief was to install minicams to capture the effects...
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Well, I’m certainly racking up my Air Miles this week. It seemed that everyone was having comms issues, so I had to hot-foot it over to North Canada, as you do… I say hot-foot it, but in fact it was three flights and three timezones later. As...
Read MoreIt was up, up and away filming Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker’s attempt to set a new tandem hang-gliding record with pilot Judy Leden. It was essential not only to get a bird’s eye view but also to record everything they said during the attempt --...
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My task today was to connect a communications repeater on top of a mountain in sub-zero temperatures. The day began with a 20-mile drive along a railway line in a converted four-wheel-drive truck. It was -30 degrees when we arrived at the base and we had...
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Queuing behind a couple with numerous suitcases and endless baggage is one thing, but I can clearly remember the look of terror of those behind us when we set off to the Yukon, Canada. It was no mean feat to check in 58 flight cases –...
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