Scuba Diver Ocean Planet Issue 06/2016 | Page 48

Destination St. Kilda George Stoyle has been a committed marine conservationist for almost 20 years. In 2010, George became a freelance photographer and occasionally works with Heriot-Watt University’s Scientific Dive Team in Scotland. In this fascinating article, George describes a productive adventure to the UK’s most remote archipelago, St. Kilda. As we go to press, we hear that George has just won the prestigious British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 award with a stunning picture of a lion’s mane jellyfish from this trip. Text and images by GEORGE STOYLE & RICHARD SHUCKSMITH