What is your job on the ship? I’m in charge of duping and editing all of the video that comes from Alvin. I also keep check on all of the data taken from the sub and all of the notes made by scientists.

How long have you worked on Atlantis? How long have we been on this cruise so far?????

Where are you from? I’m from Rotorua in the Mid North Island of New Zealand.

What is the most unusual thing you have seen on a cruise? This is my first cruise, so my answer is kind of limited for this question. I’ve seen huge colorful fish, flying fish, cross-dressing mates, pirates both pretend and real, but I think the most out there has got to be these huge parasites growing on the gonads of deep-sea crustaceans (gross).

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten? A huhu grub. They are these huge fat grubs that live in punga and tree stumps. They are actually pretty good on a BBQ.

What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? Probably white-water rafting down a grade 5 river and losing the guide, who was sucked out of the raft on a small waterfall right before a 9-meter drop. Not only did we have to negotiate the toughest and most dangerous waterfall without a guide, but we then had to try to find the poor guide at the bottom (he was fine, by the way).

If you didn’t have this job, what would be your next job of choice? I’m a student at the moment, which means I technically am not working at the moment. But if I had my pick of jobs, I’d like to work for the Department of Conservation in the South Island of New Zealand, doing kind of what American park rangers would do (except in New Zealand there are no bears, or snakes, or poisonous spiders). Otherwise, a great job would be the physiotherapist of the All Blacks (a New Zealand rugby team).

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to endure? Tramping in the Kamai’s (a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand) getting lost, making camp late at night in the dark about seven hours later than scheduled, finding out the cooking equipment didn’t work, and someone had forgotten to pack the tents. Then falling in an ice -cold river and being swept away early the next morning. Once retrieved, I had to then strip down to my underwear in front of the class and teachers of around 40 people; they proceeded to wrap me in thermals. I then had to climb a shear cliff for four hours while two people watched me at all times for signs of hypothermia. It was a fantastic tramp; I would do it again in a second.

Where’s the coolest place you have ever been? Why? Black-water rafting in the Waitomo caves just out from Te Kuiti. There is nothing like being in a huge underground cavern, completely lit up by glowworms, while lying back on an inflated inner tire tube.