News
William Cline Joins Explorer Ventures Team for Marketing and Research Assistance

For 31 years, Explorer Ventures has stood for quality and excellence in the global dive live-aboard industry. Looking to expand their marketing, research and branding reach, the company has hired William Cline of Cline Group for a broad variety of marketing, research and analytical services.
Clay McCardell, CEO of Explorer Ventures elaborates on the new relationship:
“We were looking for specialized diving industry marketing expertise to add to our team and William’s depth and experience in the marketplace seemed the natural choice. We look forward to working together to continue to build a better dive vacation experience for our guests.”
The new relationship will allow the company access to William’s industry knowledge in B2C as well as B2B marketing. William states, “I am excited to work with Clay and his executive team to bring new marketing ideas and branding assistance to his already very successful company.”
Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Dive Cruises offers experiences in the Caribbean, Galapagos, Indonesia and Maldives. William Cline / Cline Group provides dive consulting services plus publishes quarterly intelligence on the Global Dive Industry via his free research newsletter, The Cline Survey Report.
For more information, please visit: www.explorerventures.com and www.williamcline.com.
Marine Life & Conservation
Jeff chats to… Rowen Hemsley-Harding, third place winner of the See You at the Sea Festival Film Competition (Watch Video)

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-large, chats to Rowen Hemsley-Harding, third place winner of the See You at the Sea Festival Film Competition. The See you at the Sea Festival was an online film festival created by young people, for young people.
Rowan’s film – Ocean Art and Facts – can be seen here:
Fourth in a series of six videos about the competition. Watch the first video HERE with Jenn Sandiford – Youth Engagement Officer with the Your Shore Beach Rangers Project and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust – to find out more about the Competition. Each day this week we will be sharing one video in which Jeff talks with the young contestants about their films and what inspired them.
For more information please visit:
- Project website: www.beachrangers.com
- Cornwall Wildlife Trust: www.cornwallwildlifetrust.com
- Cornwall College: www.cornwall.ac.uk
- Our Bright Future: www.ourbrightfuture.co.uk
News
NUPG Lockdown Best of…

Usually the January NUPG meeting involves a guest judge coming to Manchester to talk through the very best images members had taken in the previous 12 months. However, this year, due to COVID19 restriction many of the members had not had the chance to dive. The NUPG committee decided to change the rules a little. So this year members judged a series of Best of the Century images online and were also invited to take part in a lockdown underwater bath tub category.
There were five categories for members to enter. Here are the winners of each…
British and Irish Close Up
British and Irish Wide Angle
Overseas Close Up
Overseas Wide Angle
Under Bath Water
The next NUPG meeting will be held on Monday 8th February and the guest speaker is John Bantin.
For more information on the NUPG please visit their website by clicking here.
Header image: Lionfish hunting in the Red Sea by John Spencer
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