Field Notes10 min read
Field Notes: Five Days as a Trainee in the Holdfast Hatchery
Five days as a trainee inside Tidewright's Holdfast hatchery: spore releases, cold rooms, seeded lines and the unglamorous real work of restoration.
Jack Callum ·
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Field Notes9 min read
Training for the Dark Months: Sea-Ice and Low-Light Operations at Our Lofoten Site
Before Tidewright's second Lofoten winter, the crew trained for sea ice, four-hour twilight and frozen shackles. Field notes from the course we built.
Jack Callum ·
Explore11 min read
Fit for the Forest: Conditioning for Cold-Water Kelp Diving
Heavy kit, cold shock, long surface swims, awkward exits — kelp diving is athletic. The strength, cardio and flexibility work that makes it easy.
Tom Okafor ·
Careers8 min read
Commercial Diving as a Career: Tickets, Pay and the Path From Recreation
How to become a commercial diver: certification schemes (ADAS, DCBC, HSE), what the work actually pays, and how recreational diving experience really counts.
Tom Okafor ·
Careers7 min read
Becoming a Scientific Diver: Training, Certification and the Real Working Life
How to qualify as a working scientific diver: recreational certs, scientific diver programs, the real job market, and what a career underwater actually costs.
Tom Okafor ·