2004 Expedition Crew

• David Buckland

  Expedition Leader and Artist

  "What we've tried to do is gather together a real mix of people, all of whom will hopefully bring different things back from the voyage." David Buckland is a designer, artist and film-maker whose lens-based works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in London, Paris and New York. He created and now directs the Cape Farewell project.
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• Dr Simon Boxall

  Oceanographer

  Simon Boxall is a lecturer in Oceanography at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. He has monitored ocean environments worldwide in force 11 gales and in the compete calm, from the air, space and underwater, tracking and monitoring pollution and environmental impact. 
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• Quentin Cooper

  The Material World, BBC

  "For me science isn't a subject, it's a perspective..." Quentin Cooper presents The Material World - a show that reports on developments across the sciences each Thursday on BBC Radio 4.
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• Max Eastley

  Sound Recordist/Musician

  "My challenge on this journey has been getting as many sounds on tape as I can. It's not easy as you might think, getting a machine to listen as a human might. It's very exciting and I'm overwhelmed by it all, to be honest." Max Eastley is an artist whose work combines kinetic sound sculpture and music into a unique art form.
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• David Hinton

  Film Director

  David Hinton's films Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor, and the Chinese documentary Children of the Revolution have both won Bafta awards. His many films for the South Bank show included the film Francis Bacon.
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• Heather Ackroyd

  Artist

  Heather Ackroyd has collaborated extensively with artist Dan Harvey, often working with natural processes such as growing grass. Their art embraces site specific installation, sculpture, landscape design, photography and performance film.
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• Dan Harvey

  Artist

  Dan Harvey has collaborated extensively with artist Heather Ackroyd, often working with natural processes such as growing grass. Their art embraces site specific installation, sculpture, landscape design, photography and performance film.
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• Alex Hartley

  Artist

  Alex Hartley's work has been acquired for public and corporate collections in London, Caen, Frankfurt, Rotterdam, Zurich and Vienna, as well as many private collections.
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• Gautier Deblonde

  Artist

  The internationally acclaimed freelance photographer Gautier Deblonde's work has published world wide in newspapers and magazines. His work was featured in the exhibition Artists at the National Portrait Gallery in 1999 and has worked with Lynne Ramsay on the film Morvern Callar.
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• Sarah Fletcher

  Oceanographer

  "After reading about how the ocean works in textbooks at university it's wonderful to get out here and do the work for yourself." Sarah has a BSc Hons degree in Physical Oceanography and joined the expedition as part of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton science team.  
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• Michèle Noach

  Artoonist

  Michèle Noach is an Artoonist working in various print media, acrylics and pen and ink. She has shown with The Curwen Gallery in London for 15 years, and is represented by galleries in Leeds, Hampshire and Edinburgh and also in the US.
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• Nick Edwards

  Artist

  The demand of time-based media is to represent change over time, and landscapes don't change very quickly. Nick works mostly by compressing time, as well as extending it; building film sequences that render the landscape in depth, both in time and space.
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• Colin Izod

  Director, Big Heart Media

  BAFTA-nominated producer and director Colin Izod heads up Big Heart Media - a company specializing in creating imaginative content for children and young adults across a range of media platforms. 
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• Kathy Barber

  Artist and Designer

  Kathy is an Australian artist who has carved her own way through a mostly male dominated graffiti scene since 1990 - painting, designing and collaborating in spaces across Australia, Asia and Europe. She's created websites for clients as diverse as Philips, Fullham FC and Naomi Campbell, and has designed her own range of hats for Kangol.
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• Michael Vingoe

  Teacher

  Mike Vingoe has taught in Croyden for 32 years and has been at Riddlesdown High School since 1998. He has received no awards or certificates during this time, however we think this is a very impressive record.
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• Albert Bailey

  Sound Recordist, Big Heart Media

  Has twenty years experience in all genres of film-making. Recent productions include: Bloody Sunday (for which he won Best Sound at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards), The Stephen Lawrence Story and Music Search for Big Heart Media.
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• Philip Chavannes

  Cameraman, Big Heart Media

  Philip Chavannes is a sought after director of photography for both drama and documentary. Drama work includes the BAFTA nominated short The Bouncer, while for Big Heart Media he has worked on the education series Rewind and 2020 Design A.
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• Joe Chapman

  Cameraman and Technical Advisor

  Joe is an experienced cameraman and part of the Big Heart Media team. He has 5 years extensive experience in education based films and media projects.
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• Sean Buckland

  Student

  Sean Buckland is a student of Medicine at Manchester University. At the time of the 2004 voyage, Sean was just finishing his A-Levels at Camden School Sixth Form with the intention of studying International 
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• Emily Boxall

  Student

  Emily Boxall was the youngest member of the crew, with an interest in art and a strong science background.
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