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Paul is Vice President of the Royal Geographical Societyand Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division.

Paul's television presenting credits include;  Britain's Secret Seas, Oceans, Voyages of Discovery, Take One Museum, Meltdown, Windand Scrapheap Challenge.

Guest appearances include BBC's The One Show, Child of Our Time, Breathing Places, UKTV Market Kitchen and Blue Peter.

He reports for BBC News and makes live appearances on BBC Breakfast, BBC 24 News, Sky News and local TV News. 

Paul's radio broadcasting work includes; BBC National and Local Radio including World Service, Steve Wright, Midweek, You and Yours, Simon Mayo, Rock FM and US National Radio. 

His voice-over work includes making the official recording of Captain Scott’s diaries for the British Library.

He is a very experienced and popular public speaker, science support and field logistics expert, polar guide, professional diver and instructor, mountaineer and yacht skipper.

He was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica for the British Antarctic Survey for 10 years and was awarded HM The Queen's Polar Medal.

For his work with NASA and the Mars Lander project on Mt Erebus, Antarctica he was awarded the US Polar Medal.

The Royal Geographical Society presented The Ness Award to Paul - "For the popularisation of Geography and the wider understanding of our world".

He is a published Author; Paul co-authored his BBC linked book, Oceans. He has written numerous commissioned magazine articles, and has recently completed writing on Humboldt and Magellan for a new book on Great Explorers. He is a freelance Journalist and a member of the Society of Authors.

As an informed and passionate conservationist, Paul works hard and effectively to support our understanding and protection of our ecosystems and biodiversity.

His professional diving work includes science support diving in Antarctica as the British Antarctic Survey's Institute Diving Officer, and in the Indian Ocean as Diving Ops Advisor to the RGS Shoals of Capricorn project. He ran the US Navy diver training programme at Great Lakes Naval Training Centre and has trained many emergency response dive teams including the Police, Fire Department and Underwater Recovery Teams.

He has recently returned from diving 310 metres to the bottom of Lake Geneva aboard the Russian submarine, Mir, as part of a science project.

Paul is a Mountain and Polar Guide leading Greenland Icecap crossing expeditions, polar science support logistics and mountaineering expeditions. He worked for four years as a Mountain Safety consultant to the oil industry in the Middle East. His science support work continues this year in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.

This year Paul has led 2 expeditions in Greenland and heads south to Antarctica again in November.

He advises and provides operational support to expeditions, charities & business in Health & Safety, Fieldwork, Diving Operations & Expedition Training.

He is a member of the  Rolex Awards selection jury.