Scientists are telling us that the Arctic & the Antarctic are doing a disappearing act before our eyes, which should give all of us impetus to glimpse them while they are still intriguing, wild, challenging worlds which forge indelible memories for lucky visitors..

A rollicking 6 months of my earlier life was spent in Australia, hitching from pillar to post, enjoying the people, the climate, the incredible diving. I returned a few years ago for 6 weeks - and everything was as wonderful as I remembered. You'll never find a warmer welcome anywhere than you'll find in Australia ! This affable land also affords a fabulous variety of diving from luscious corals to ocean giants

For me, it's hard to get enough of the Bahamas. These waters offer some of the most exhilarating underwater moments a diver will ever experience. Tiger Beach, Bimini & Cat Island are now amongst the world's top venues for shark encounters & I'd have to say that some of my favorite diving tales are drawn from our Tiger Shark charters there. One diver wrote to me after a Tiger Shark trip to say that the experience, for her, was life-changing.

Bikini Atoll is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

I love the ever-captivating Caribbean as a "can't-be-beat" quick getaway from either side of the Atlantic. You can bathe in the clear, warm waters, stretch out on white sand beaches, relish the colorful corals & dancing reef fish that this vibrant sea is so well known for. I have great memories of lovely, diverse diving from my years working on a boat in the Caribbean .... ... and I need to tell you, in all honesty, that you aren't going to find the best diving unless you're on a liveaboard

Cocos Island is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Fiji Island is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

French Polynesia is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Galapagos is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Indonesia is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Malaysia is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Maldives is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

This is a wild & spectacular marine environment, renowned for its abundance and quantity of schooling shark and big marine animal encounters. The island itself, is forbidding … standing strong against the formidable elements in the eastern Pacific. When Malpelo diving is at its best, only Cocos & Galapagos can roughly compare with the numbers of sharks and big fish in the water.

Oman is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Palau is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Philippines is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

PNG is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Red Sea is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Sea Of Cortez is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Socorro / Guadalupe is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Solomon Islands is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Thailand is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.

Truk Lagoon is one of the most electrifying experiences of any diver's life. If I live (and dive) until I'm 100, I'll never get enough of this mystical, magical, rousing environment.