Journal
Stories from the Deep
Long-form writing from a thirty-year offshore career.
North Sea · 9 min
The Day The Bell Stopped
A bell stuck at 180m, a crew running through every procedure, and the long quiet on the other end of the umbilical.
Norwegian Sea · 7 min
Twenty-Eight Days Under
Life inside a saturation chamber: helium voices, mealtimes by clock, and the small rituals that keep a crew sane.
Gulf of Mexico · 8 min
Welding At Pressure
Striking an arc in a hyperbaric chamber, where the rules of light, sound, and metal are not what you learned on land.
Offshore Angola · 7 min
The West Africa Pipeline
Three seasons offshore Angola and Nigeria. Heat, depth, and a crew that became family.
Northern North Sea · 6 min
The Storm of '93
Riding out a once-a-decade storm on a flotel, with three divers still down and the wind climbing.
Worldwide · 5 min
Teaching the Young Ones
On mentoring, what the craft really demands, and what you owe the diver coming up behind you.