FEATURING NAT GEO PHOTOGRAPHER & GUIDE DAVID WRIGHT

David Wright returns from Antarctica with the story he promised to share with us at the start of the year. He talks of the deep stillness he encountered on his expedition as a guide, and the practicalities of photographing this vast beautiful land and seascape. David is known worldwide as an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has worked in more than seventy countries for clients including National Geographic and the BBC. His path has gradually moved toward personal projects, and this Antarctic voyage is a part of that chapter, where the focus is on seeing slowly, working with isolation and weather, and translating one of the planet’s most remote places into images.

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MORE ABOUT names, words, THE MUSIC and places FROM TODAY’S SHOW

Join us on the Black Isle near Inverness, for the special Scotland ‘26 retreat, staying on a working soft-fruit farm with Highland views. The retreat includes small creative workshops, from photogravure printing to sound and writing sessions, plus plenty of time to walk, talk and make photographs together.

David Wright is a world-renowned photographer and award-winning filmmaker who has refined his art of capturing the hidden beauty of the natural world and people. A world traveller, he has worked in over 70 countries for clients that include National Geographic and the BBC. As a photographer, he has shifted his focus to personal work, now available in limited editions to collectors. Also see Finding Freedom, and the Buenos Aires workshop.

Ernest Shackleton was the Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led the ill-fated Endurance expedition of 1914–16; his ship was crushed by pack ice, yet he brought every man home alive after an open-boat journey across the Southern Ocean and a crossing of South Georgia’s mountains, which is why he’s still held up as one of history’s great leaders under pressure.

Herpetology is the branch of zoology that studies reptiles and amphibians — snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, salamanders — and the word comes from the Greek herpeton, meaning a creeping animal; people who work in this field are called herpetologists.

The Drake Passage is the stretch of ocean between South America’s Cape Horn and the Antarctic Peninsula, where the Atlantic and Pacific meet with no land to slow the currents, so ships heading to Antarctica cross some of the roughest water on Earth; travellers call the worst crossings the “Drake Shake,” when waves and wind can make even large expedition vessels roll heavily for a day or two.

David Yarrow is a Scottish fine-art wildlife photographer known for large-scale black-and-white images of animals and staged cinematic scenes, often shot in remote locations with elaborate production; his work sells through galleries worldwide and has raised millions for conservation and community charities.

Happywhale is a non-profit citizen science platform that uses AI to identify individual whales from photographs of their tail flukes. The markings are unique to each animal, much like a fingerprint. Founded by expedition scientist Ted Cheeseman in 2015, it has since identified over 68,000 humpback whales worldwide.

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MUSIC LINKS: Amos Ever Hadani wrote today's playout song Infinito Tren. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist and also features in Michael Brennan’s Spotify playlist GoFoto. For Apple Music users, follow this playlist.