Introducing the next of our Pro Diaries Guest Bloggers, we have Kelvin Murray, a professional diver, explorer, naturalist and expedition leader.
Kelvin is currently en route to the Antarctic, where he will be managing all diving operations in support the British Antarctic Survey’s marine science programme. Kelvin will be providing regular updates regarding his experiences in this unique environment.
As the founder and owner of Silvertip Expedition and Diving Management, Kelvin provides specialist services and consultancy to the expedition, tourism and media industries.
A PADI IDC Staff Instructor with 20 Specialty Instructor ratings plus commercial and technical diving qualifications, he also has extensive first aid, medic and hyperbaric chamber qualifications at responder and instructor level. Kelvin over-wintered in Antarctica as Field Diving Officer for the British Antarctic Survey in 2007. Managing the only scientific diving programme that consistently dives throughout the Antarctic winter allowed Kelvin to participate in several hundred dives in this challenging environment.
Expedition diving enables Kelvin to dive and guide all over the world, on every continent and in every ocean. His clients include European and American expedition companies as well as National Geographic photographers, the BBC Natural History Unit and French television companies.
Working in collaboration with Dr. Sylvia Earle’s SEAlliance Foundation, he contributes video footage and stills images to the Ocean layer of Google Earth. Prior to working for BAS, Kelvin was involved in marine wildlife conservation. He is an ardent advocate for sharks and has dived with several species of these much-misunderstood animals.
