006 - Stories of whale encounters across the world with Patrick Dykstra - Part 2

About this episode

In this episode, Doug Parker continues his conversation with marine mammal expert Patrick Dykstra about his experiences filming iconic ocean species.

In this episode I am following on with the first part of my conversation with Patrick Dykstra, a marine mammal expert, BAFTA winning cinematographer and wildlife TV presenter. Patrick has spent the last 15 years filming and working with some of our worlds most iconic ocean dwelling species and today he will be sharing some of his craziest encounters and how he became wildlife filmmaker and presenter! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exploretheroad?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploretheroad/

People in this episode

Host: Doug Parker

Guest: Patrick Dykstra

Topics covered

• whale encounters
• marine mammals
• wildlife filmmaking
• ocean species
• cinematography

Keywords

• whales
• marine mammals
• wildlife
• cinematographer
• ocean encounters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BAFTA

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