Doug Allan, Wildlife Filmmaker
In 2010, cameraman Doug Allan will join Epic Antarctica via the Phantom Coast and the Ross Sea as special guest. Doug, who was awarded an honorary doctorate from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland in March 2009, has received the Polar Medal from the Queen of England.
He found his calling when working as a research diver on the British Antarctic Survey station Signy Island in the South Orkneys in 1976. He helped scientists carry out their underwater studies, from boats in the summer, and beneath the ice in winter. He spent the next 10 years diving and filming in Antarctica. His footage of Emperor Penguins was optioned by the BBC for the series Birds for all Seasons. His career as a freelance wildlife cameraman was born.
His best known work may be as one of the principal cameramen on the BBC Natural History Unit's Blue Planet and Planet Earth. This award-winning wildlife cinematographer was introduced to a new audience on April 22, 2009, when the Disneynature film Earth premiered in theaters in North America.
Join Doug aboard our Epic Antarctica in 2010. Doug with his wife, Expedition Team Member and internationally renowned wildlife photographer Sue Flood, will be presenting behind-the-scenes footage of their wildlife adventures in the polar regions.