Stephen Smith has spent most of his life amongst the human and wildlife inhabitants of remote polar regions and has a particular interest in its flora and fauna. A biologist by training, he has three decades' experience in polar wildlife research, including four months in Antarctica studying the diving behaviour of emperor Penguins. Smith was the production manager and expedition leader on Abandoned in the Arctic (2007), a film production shot at 82° North on Ellesmere Island. In 2008, he co-directed the documentary Arctic Cliffhangers, which received the Best Wildlife Film Award at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. An accomplished photographer, he has had his photographs featured in leading books and magazines, including Natural History, Outside, and National Geographic.
Canada’s Arctic seabirds are revealing much about the Earth’s changing oceans and climate. Arctic Cliffhangers spotlights the biology and life history of seabirds, providing insights into the impacts of industrial pollution and the role that climate change plays in the transformation of marine ecosystems. In addition to communicating some of the latest scientific findings on polar marine resear...
Canada’s Arctic seabirds are revealing much about the Earth’s changing oceans and climate. Arctic Cliffhangers spotlights the biology and life history of seabirds, providing insights into the impacts of industrial pollution and the role that climate change plays in the transformation of marine ecosystems. In addition to communicating some of the latest scientific findings on polar marine resear...