It's been a tough year. We put our lives on pause while the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged our families and our businesses.It also disrupted our conservation efforts.This week 25 nations and the EU met to discuss creating a series of MPAs (Marine Protected Areas) around Antarctica.

I didn't realise the world contained so many different shades of blue. I was surrounded by ice, with the light refracting back at me from every side. I've never been more dazzled. I was in East Antarctica, I was underneath the ice sheet, and I was swimming. It wasn't exactly what I had planned.