Dromore Head, Inishturk, Mayo The sun beaming down on Inishturk didn't look right.

 But my watch told me everything was okay. The sun would set soon and the photograph I could see in my mind's eye would become reality. Still,...

Svalbard is a place overflowing with natural beauty. It offers abundant wildlife in one of the world's most awe-inspiring settings. A gorgeous landscape of water, ice and rock, set aglow by hours of golden light for large parts of the...

Eight hours. Eight. Hours. That's how long it took me to record my first 45-minute photography podcast back in 2010. By the time my friend Roger Overall and I were done with the launch episode of The Circle of Confusion...

Antarctica is overwhelming, terrifying, beautiful and fragile. It's a place that touches your soul. I've had the privilege of visiting it twice now. Each time, my trip was comfortable and safe. Nevertheless, it is a forbidding environment. Many men have...

Header image: Eric Chan One tonne of Svalbard blubber stared at me. Several feet of sharp tusk protruded from either side of its mouth. Had this been a wise move? I pondered, up to my calves in icy water. If...

The howling gale clattered rain against windscreen. The sky was black. Brutal rocks lined the edge of the narrow road—little more than a scratch in the Co. Kerry landscape. Ann (my wife) and I were living in Dublin at the...

The man (let's call him Raul), looked at me as if I were an idiot. He was right, of course. I was an idiot. But right there and then, I didn't wish to be reminded of it. Besides, in what...