For one hour, polar and deep-sea biologist Dr Paige Maroni and subsea engineer Tim Macdonald took us beneath the Arctic ice — sharing ROV footage from Svalbard and Northeast Greenland, the science behind their findings, and the operational reality of capturing it. What they've documented is new to science. Coral walls and deep-sea species typically associated with depths of 3,000 metres, living just below the Arctic surface, and glacially exposed habitats that no one had recorded before. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, and what's changing beneath the ice is changing in ways most of the world will never see.
This isn't a film screening or a slide-deck webinar. It's a guided descent — into the science, the storytelling, and the operational reality of working in one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
About the speakers
Dr Paige Maroni is a polar and deep-sea biologist who has spent her career going places most scientists can't reach. She is the deepest-diving Australian woman on record and a member of The Explorers Club 50, Class of 2026. Her recent research includes the first in situ record of bobtail squid and egg masses in Northeast Greenland National Park, accepted for publication in Polar Biology, and ongoing work on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the same region. Earlier this year she published research in Royal Society Open Science.
Tim Macdonald is a subsea engineer who designed and built the ROV system used for Paige's fieldwork in Svalbard and Northeast Greenland — the kit that made the footage in this event possible.
Why this work happens onboard.
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Paige and Tim's research is supported by the operational rhythm of an Expedition Micro Cruise. With just 12 guests in the Arctic, our voyages can stop when something interesting appears on sonar, change route when the ice moves, and put an ROV in the water in places a larger operation simply wouldn't go. That agility is what makes live science onboard possible — and what makes the access our guests have to scientists, engineers, and live discovery genuinely different.
Paige and Tim will be onboard our Northeast Greenland Expedition Micro Cruise from 10th to 22nd September 2026 — twelve days in one of the most remote regions on Earth, with the same scientist and engineer you've just watched, working alongside you onboard.
Twelve guests. One small ship. Live science in the field.
Join Paige and Tim in Northeast Greenland
Questions about our science research expeditions?
Northeast Greenland National Park Micro Cruise
76°50'N, 23°10'W
The ultimate Greenland experience – a unique two-week adventure into Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s largest national park, and Scoresbysund, the longest fjord system on Earth.
- 12 guests
- 11 — 13 days
