National Geographic writer, filmmaker and adventure, Jon Bowermaster has spent the last twenty years exploring the end´s of the earth, documenting his experiences in an effort to raise awareness for global issue. He has just returned from another exploration documenting in Hi-Def, Antarctica, as he experiences it on foot, kayak and small plane. His film will be released later this spring, “Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent.”

His website, Notes from Sea Level, has recently been revamped and showcases his many impressive adventures over the years with dispatches, videos, and photos - while he posts current news about important environmental issues. One of my favorite adventures of his, was kayaking in the Alitplano, involving an extensive hike-a-kayak across the world´s largest salt lake, once the ocean floor and later an inland lake. Seeking water high in the Bolivian Andes, one of the driest places in South America, helped bring to light the destructive forces of the nearby copper mines, sucking the water out of the country.

In a monumental effort to protect the oceans, he and his teams kayaked in every single one and a few more, “Our OCEANS 8 project took us around the world by sea kayak one continent at a time; its name derives from the seven continents plus Oceania where we mounted expeditions. There are not, of course, eight oceans. If you dig out your National Geographic Atlas you’ll find five: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern Oceans. But I subscribe to the One Ocean Theory. Spin a globe and notice that all of those five oceans are connected.”

His adventures won´t stop soon, he shares on his website, “We are still out there exploring that relationship between man and the sea and upcoming 2009 filming expeditions will take us to the Maldives, Seychelles, the Marquesas, Tokyo, Croatia and more. So … stay tuned!”