Biography

Pete is the BAS Senior Creative Services Manager. He’s also a Cinematographer/Photographer, UAV pilot and manages the Image Collection at the British Antarctic Survey. Working both with scientists and communications specialists he provides visual solutions that both enable and help communicate BAS Science.

His work has been seen in TV News reports & documentaries around the world and in most, if not all, national and international broadsheet newspapers.

Pete also both leads and plays an active involvement in many science and arts collaborations include the BAFTA winning Antarctic Waves, an ongoing DATA AS ART project, and an exciting/immersive ‘Virtual Antarctica’ project. The latest projects under development being Polar Zero, a science/art/engineering collaboration with the Royal College of Art and Arup, for COP26.

Pete has traveled to the Polar Regions supporting British Science more than a dozen times during his 28 years working for British Antarctic Survey. His experiences now used to advised some of the worlds leading directors & camera operators, as well as government and law enforcement officers on working and filming in challenging environments.

 
Previous Employment
2018 – Present

Senior Creative Services Manager
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge & The Polar Regions

2015 – 2018

Creative Services Manager
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge & The Polar Regions

1990 – 2015

Photographer/Cinematographer & Image Collection Developer
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge & The Polar Regions

1987 – 1990

Head of Photographic Unit
UK Ministry of Defence
RAF Staff College

1986 – 1987

Senior Photographer
UK Ministry of Defence

1985 – 1986

Staff Photographer
UK Atomic Energy Authority

Research interests

Whilst supporting science across BAS, Pete has a passion for science-art collaborations and virtual environments. As they take BAS science, engineering and operations to new, exciting and wider audiences.