Dr. John Potter

John has worked at the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI, part of the National University of Singapore) as a Research Associate Professor, at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in California and for the British Antarctic Survey. He is currently a Principal Scientist at the NATO Undersea Research Centre. John’s training is in glaciology, oceanography and underwater acoustics. He has been researching biosonar and marine mammal acoustics for 15 years.

John is also a Master Scuba Diver Trainer and a rebreather enthusiast in addition to being certified for scientific diving by NAUII and CMAS. John has dived as a scientific research diver for NATO, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and NUS.

John is also an International Fellow of the Explorer’s Club and carried the Explorer’s Club flag (#33) on the JIOQ expedition.

Caroline Durville

Caroline has written freelance articles for local magazines and environmental publications, illustrated by her own photographs. She is a qualified creative web designer (and author of this site). Caroline is also a certified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor with additional CMAS certifications, able to lead and train divers in a variety of environments. Caroline has dived extensively as a scientific research diver, assisting the ARL and collaborators in Hawaii with marine research, including diving using semi-closed rebreather scuba equipment with singing Humpback whales in Maui.