Born and raised in Scotland, although I enjoyed art in high school I eschewed the opportunity to take it any further upon graduation. Instead it was the irresistible pull of the sea which would determine my future career. I worked as a deck officer for a cruise line for about 12 years before getting married and emigrating to Canada. After gaining my commercial pilots license I returned to school to earn a diploma in geomatics and a job as a land surveyor. Once again the pull of the sea proved too great and I returned to the offshore life, this time as a hydrographic...more
