The BBC’s latest natural history spectacular is the ‘Oceans’ series, currently being screened every Wednesday evening at 8.00 p.m.
Scubapro U.K. have a long history with the BBC Natural History unit and have continued their partnership with presenter Paul Rose during the making of the current series. Paul can be seen exploring remote caves in Mallorca, spectacular Black Holes in the Bahamas and the chilly, ice covered waters of the Arctic.
He is joined on his round the world expedition by fellow explorers Phillipe Cousteau, Tooni Mahto and Lucy Blue. As an experienced polar expedition leader and a diver who has logged over 6000 dives, Paul is well qualified to lead the current expedition. With his impressive history of leading expeditions, it could be expected of him to have a laconic attitude, yet his infectious enthusiasm for the underwater environment still knows no bounds and hopefully makes TV viewers jump off the sofa and carry out their own exploration.
Scubapro U.K are proud to supply equipment for this stunning new series and wish Paul and his team the great success they deserve.
The underwater photos on our web site were contributed by the award winning underwater photographer and marine biologist, Dr. Alexander Mustard. We are proud to have Alex as a partner. Our relationship is based not only on his outstanding artistry in underwater photography and our product expertise—but on a real shared friendship and appreciation of the passion of diving. To learn more about Alex and his underwater expeditions, or just view more of his photos--see his web site. .
The Art Of Diving brings together award winning photographer Alexander Mustard with leading author Nick Hanna in a remarkable book, which captures the soul of scuba diving and takes the experience of being underwater to new imaginative levels. Their work combines a wealth of beautiful and remarkable underwater photography, together with captivating explanations of the lure of the oceans.
JÜRGEN FREUND was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1959. He is fondly called Yogi as Jürgen can be pronounced a million different ways causing him some shivers. He studied mechanical engineering and found out it wasn’t creative enough for his inventive mind. Instead of designing machines, he worked as an industrial photographer in Munich for 7 years. Lured by the challenge of marine wildlife photography, he acquired an underwater camera even before learning how to scuba-dive in 1981 in the cold lakes of Germany. Finally, he answered "the call of the sea" and became a full-time international freelance marine photographer in 1995. He traveled all over the world, taking acclaimed pictures published in numerous international magazines.
MacGillivray Freeman Films is proud to partner with SCUBAPRO (a Johnson Outdoors Company) for the launch of Coral Reef Adventure, a film for IMAX(r) Theatres and large format cinemas. Coral Reef Adventure follows the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall. The Halls guide us to the islands and sun-drenched waters of the South Pacific to document, in the biggest and best film format that exists, the health and beauty of coral reefs. On the giant screen, you’ll feel like you’re diving and exploring right alongside them.
IMAX is thrilled to partner with SCUBAPRO on its newest IMAX 3D underwater film, Deep Sea 3D. Dive below the ocean surface to swim with some of the planet's most unique, dangerous and colorful creatures, and witness their unusual behavior as they depend on one another for survival. Deep Sea 3D is directed by world-renowned underwater cinematographer, Howard Hall, produced by Toni Myers and Michele Hall and narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, with an original score by Danny Elfman. Prepare to 'sea' life in a whole new way exclusively in IMAX 3D, IMAX Dome and IMAX theatres beginning March 3, 2006. Visit www.imax.com/deepsea for more information, including theatre listings and showtimes.
