Barb has worked as a freelance photojournalist and contributing editor for a variety of different magazines and on-line publications since 1995, specializing in underwater adventure, destination travel and other marine-related activities.
Divecapes 2009:  Experience Churchill, Manitoba: With Barb Roy
Recognized as the “Polar Bear Capitol of the World,” the remote town of Churchill is located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Canadian province of Manitoba. They have successfully survived by marketing their natural resources through tourism. November is great for Polar Bears. November to March, the Aurora Borealis are seen, although I was able to view them in July as well. From late May through September, birding is excellent. But in July and August, the area seems to explode with life! Colorful scented wildflowers drape the landscape as tourists and naturalist pour in from around the world for a chance to view the annual migration of around 3500 Beluga Whales, up close. Snorkeling and kayaking with the belugas is also popular during their summer. Join travel journalist Barb Roy on a photographic journey to this wondrous land.
Barb Roy's Bio: She first learned to dive in 1979 and currently holds a PADI Master Instructor rating, Instructor ratings with IANTD, NAUI, DAN and a Normoxic Trimix rating with IANTD. While business and marketing are her background trade, Barb also enjoys participating in and writing about kayaking, fly fishing, hiking, caving, birding, destination and people profiles, equipment and book reviews, underwater archeology and marine science. Before moving to British Columbia Canada, Barb ran a dive store and dive travel business in Alaska for twelve years. A Nikon D70 and N90 are her cameras of choice, used in Aquatica housings with both Ikelite and Sea & Sea strobes.
Barb's work has been published in the following magazines: Skin Diver, Discover Diving, Diver Magazine in Canada, Diver Magazine in the UK, Sport Diver, Wreck Diving, Northwest Dive News, Northeast Dive News, Wave Length Kayaking Magazine, X-ray On-line Dive Magazine, Octopus Russian Magazine, Northwest Travel Magazine, the PADI Undersea Journal, California Dive News, Diver's Ocean Planet, Western Diver, Alaska Outdoors Magazine, Aqua Magazine, and several news papers in Alaska and Washington State. Her photography has also appeared in various visitor and tourism guides within British Columbia, Canada.
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