NEW - Tornado Touches Down

Midland, Ontario

An F-2 tornado wreakes havoc at the Smith's Camp Trailer Park in Midland.

NEW - Tornado Chase 2010

Tornado Alley, USA

Chasing storms for 6 weeks across the central United States. Read the daily blog.

Caving & Inverted Rappelling

Warsaw Caves, Ontario - April 04, 2010

Exploring water filled caves and trying some vertical rope techniques

The Empty Quarter Desert (Rub' al Khali)

Southern United Arab Emirates - Jan 2010

A world of extremes - Off the beaten path on an off-road expedition in one of the largest sand deserts in the world.

Filming Aboard the Atlantis Submarine

Cayman Islands - Dec 15-20 2009

Going for a ride in a submarine in the sunny Cayman Islands.

Monstrous Lake Effect Snow Squalls & Snow Emergency

Lake Huron/Georgian Bay Region - Ontario, Dec. 2009

A wild snow storm followed by several days of intense lake effect snow completely paralyze parts of Ontario. The amount of snow that actually came down has been estimated at up to 4 to 6 feet!!

Inside the Deep Dive Hyperbaric Chamber

Defense Research & Development Canada - Nov. 2009

Going down to the equivalent of 45 meters (150 feet) depth inside a pressurized chamber used to train military deep sea divers.

Catatumbo Everlasting Lightning Storm

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Oct. 2009

A bizarre weather phenomenon that produces lightning storms in one area on up to 160 nights of the year!

Getting Wild in Venezuela

Los Llanos, Venezuela Oct. 2009

Wrangling a 5 meter anaconda and swimming in a pond with thousands of piranhas!

Naica Crystal Cave - Incredibly Beautiful Yet Deadly

Chihuahua, Mexico Sept. 03-06, 2009

50 Celsius and over 90% Humidity in the most spectacular cave ever discovered.

DRDC Centrifuge - High G Tolerance Tests

Downsview, Toronto Aug. 27, 2009

Pulling 5 G's and trying to not pass out.

Hurricane Bill

Nova Scotia Coastline - Aug. 23, 2009

Dangerous waves pound the Atlantic coastline as the hurricane comes ashore.

Ontario Tornado Outbreak

Vaughan, Ontario - Aug. 20, 2009

Numerous tornadoes touch down across the province, damaging hundreds of homes.

The Weightlessness Experience

Aboard "G-Force One" - July 11, 2009

Floating in zero gravity to simulate space travel.

Flight Aboard an L-39 Fighter Jet

Waterloo, Ontario - June. 21, 2009

High G force rolls, turns and upside-down flying. What a rush!

Highway To Hail

Chasing Huge Hail Storms - June. 01-16, 2009

`Punching the Core`of severe storms to document hail size.

Long Track Tornado

Goshen County, Wyoming - June. 05, 2009

This tornado was on the ground for 25 minutes!

Space Flight Training

NASTAR (National Aerospace Training & Research) Facility, Pennsylvania - April 16-17, 2009

Pulling double the G-forces in a giant centrifuge than what occurs during a Space Shuttle launch.

Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic Island

Tonga - April 10-13, 2009

A tricky landing on the newest island on earth - A volcanic island that had recently erupted out of the sea.

Rotorua Hydrothermal Area

New Zealand - April 05-08, 2009

Geysers, hot springs and colonies of extremophile bacteria.

Polar Expedition Survival Training

Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic - March 10-20, 2009

Ski trekking on sea ice and dog sledding through the Canadian Arctic wilderness, in temperatures as low as -30C (-45 with wind chill).

Antarctica Expedition #2

Jan. 2009

A week and a half after returning to Argentina from my first Antarctic voyage, I headed back for another dose of adventure in a land of extremes and rugged beauty.

"Snowmageddon"

Dec. 19, 2008 - Ontario

Heavy blowing snow, thunder & lightning and extreme wind chills cause Environment Canada to issue a stern statement to the public.

Costa Rica Adventure

Nov. 29 - Dec 10, 2008

Up into the restricted zone of Arenal volcano and hands on with a deadly Fer de Lance viper.

Monster Snow Squalls

Arkona, Ontario - Nov. 21, 2008

Total chaos as 76cm of lake effect snow falls in 24 hours, closing roads and stranding motorists.

Into The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Ukraine - Nov. 02-04, 2008

A trip into the radioactive zone surrounding the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster.

Aral Sea Ecological Catastrophe

Uzbekistan - Oct. 25-31 2008

Exploring the sea that has shrunk to only a fraction of its former size due to mismanagement.

Kitum Cave

Mount Elgon, Kenya - Oct. 19-21 2008

Underground elephants scrape the cave walls here but it's the deadly Marburg virus that I had to worry about after being bitten by a bat.

The Great Wildebeest Migration

Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct. 14-18 2008

On safari to see the wildlife of Africa, including one of the most spectacular migrations in the world.

Kawah Ijen Volcano & Acid Lake

Indonesia- July 14-15, 2008

While exploring the sulfur mine there, I took a boat out onto the lake of sulfuric acid.

Anak Krakatau Volcano

Indonesia- July 14-15, 2008

Big eruptions (some containing lightning) at one of the world's most notorious volcanoes

Komodo Dragons

Rinca Island, Indonesia- July 31, 2008

Getting up close (too close) to the largest lizards on Earth.

Semeru Volcano

Indonesia- July 23, 2008

Summit climb to the highest peak on Java which is also a very active volcano.

Sidoarjo Mudflow Disaster

East Java - July 2008

A drilling operation gone wrong creates a mud volcano that destroys everything in its path.

India Monsoon

June/July 2008

Heavy rains and flooding all across India, including some of the rainiest places on Earth.

Tornado Chase 2008 - U.S. Great Plains

May 2008

Chasing tornadoes and severe storms in Tornado Alley. The images below link to the daily blog reports from the chase.

Mali Expedition - Sand Storms & an Overland Journey to Timbuktu in the Sahara Desert

April 13-28 2008

A journey through West Africa to the legendary city of Timbuktu.

Iceland Expedition

March 2008

Geysers, glaciers, ice climbing on an iceberg and a meeting with the president himself.

Extreme Cold

Yukon - Feb. 2008

Documenting one of the coldest places in North America, and how people handle it.

Stromboli Volcano

Italy - Jan. 15, 2008

Jets of hot lava and billowing ash clouds as seen from the summit of one of the world's most active volcanoes.

Kilauea Volcano New Activity Viewed by Helicopter

Hawaii - Dec. 2007

Surveying the recent changes in volcanic activity including new flows and lava ponds.

Spectacular Lightning

Northern Territory, Australian Outback - Dec. 07, 2007

Intense cloud to ground lightning bolts near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Thunder Down Under

Storm Chasing In Australia - Dec. 2007

Chasing Southern Hemisphere thunderstorms in New South Wales.

Shark Feeding Frenzy - Oahu, Hawaii - Nov. 28, 2007

Dozens of very excited sharks, all interested in one thing...

Post-Tropical Hurricane Noel - Nova Scotia - Nov. 4, 2007

The remnants of hurricane Noel pound the Nova Scotia coastline with enormous waves.

Caving Expedition - Vancouver Island - Sept./Oct., 2007

Following subterranean waterways into deep cave systems...with a few hiccups along the way.

Hurricane Dean - Jamaica - Aug. 19, 2007

Category 4 hurricane Dean scrapes the Jamaica coastline.

Florida Wild Water Adventure - Aug. 2007

Waterspouts in the Keys and Alligators in the Everglades.

World's First Traverse of the Boiling Lake - Dominica, West Indies - July 6, 2007

Suspended by rope over the violently boiling sulfurous lake.

Tornado - Near Hill City, Kansas - May 22, 2007

A gorgeous supercell storm and tornado - On my birthday nonetheless !!

Brilliant Lightning - Big Springs, Texas - May 7, 2007

Incredible cloud to ground lightning lighting up the night sky.

Patagonia Expedition & Sailing Around Cape Horn - Argentina & Chile - March 19 - April 4 2007

Climbing on the fascinating blue Holanda glacier & sailing the Southern Ocean around Cape Horn - Many more updates to come when I have the time. Patagonia is such an amazing place.

Avalanche Control Along The Trans-Canada Hwy, B.C. - Feb 20, 2007

Firing artillery into the mountains and dropping explosives from a helicopter.

Winter Ascent of Mount Washington - NH - Jan 22-24, 2007

Known as the place with the "Worst weather in the world" I figured I should climb it...In the middle of winter of course.

Extreme Ice Experiment - Ottawa, ON - Jan 26, 2007

Frozen Solid: Inside a wind tunnel with -18 temperatures, water spray and hurricane force winds. Yes that's me underneath all that ice.

Yasur Volcano - Tanna Island, Vanuatu - Dec 2006

Explosively active with huge lava bombs and clouds of ash... And I got married there !!

Kilauea Volcano Lava Flows - Big Island, Hawaii - Dec 2006

Lava pours into the Pacific from a new lava flow

Great White Shark Diving - Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico - Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2006

In the water with the most feared creatures in the sea. Cage diving with numerous sharks in the area, some up to 16 feet long.

Incredible Firestorm !! - Thunder Bay Sept. 13-17

Spectacular air to air photos of an ignition helicopter using a drip torch to start a prescribed burn 150 km north of Thunder Bay. This has been the busiest September for forest fires in over 20 years in the region. Click below for more pictures.

Nyiragongo Volcano

D.R. Congo (Zaire) - Africa - July 17th - July 30th 2006

Walking With Rare Mountain Gorillas

Parc De Les Volcans, Rwanda - Africa

Forest Fires

Yukon/Alaska/Northern B.C. - June 26th - July 10th 2006