Expeditions
Expedition professionalSince 2004, Blather Consulting’s Dave Walsh has been a key member of the media team on Greenpeace expeditions – usually on board ships in remote parts of the planet, such as the Arctic or Antarctica. Walsh is a seasoned, multi-disciplined media officer, journalist, Internet publisher and photographer, comfortable liaising with local stakeholders, logistics teams and international media outlets. Walsh is used to hitting the ground running in intense, remote environments, to ensure that quality information reaches key media worldwide.
Blather Consulting maintains a wide international contact network of media producers – photographers, filmmakers and logistics personnel who work in extreme environments. Get in touch, and let us know your requirements »
Case Study: Expedition Media officer & web editor
Greenpeace International Arctic expedition to Greenland and Svalbard (Norway), June-September 2009
Three-month expedition to the high arctic, working with scientists to study the effects of climate change on Greenland’s ice cap and the Arctic Sea Ice, in the lead-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit.
Role: Coordinating all media issues on board icebreaker Arctic Sunrise from Greenland and the Arctic, via satellite systems; handling media inquiries, writing of press releases and web stories, management of media team, producer of text and video output, briefing visiting media (CNN, AP, Guardian, Economist, India Today, Al Jazeera, Liberation, TF1 and others), and overseeing live broadcasts from to 20 Australian cinemas simultaneously.
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Other expedition weblogs written and edited by Dave Walsh:
Southern Ocean – Antarctica 2007
Pirate Fishing in West Africa 2006
Save the Sami Reindeer forests, Finland 2005
Stop Bottom Trawling: Tasman Sea, New Zealand 2005
