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I've been diving for about 30 years, and I can honestly say that I've had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and other whales. But the encounter with the right whales in the Auckland Islands was probably the best thing I've ever done. It was just that amazing.

People think it's very strange because I love whale watching - you don't see whales a lot where I'm from.

Most whale photos you see show whales in this beautiful blue water - it's almost like space.

On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

There are a number of things everyone can do to help protect whales.

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.