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Justine
thrives on expeditions - both as an explorer
and an adventure filmmaker. She has
unrivalled experience of filming kayaking
and mountaineering expeditions. Her
documentaries have aired on the BBC and
National Geographic Channel. One programme
that Justine edited and co-filmed won 'Best
Mountain Sport's Film' at Banff Film
Festival 2003 ("Between a Rock and a Hard
Place"). You can read a bit about some of
her past expeditions here.
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NEW ZEALAND - In
January 2008, Justine
Curgenven and Barry Shaw
are attempting to paddle
1,700 miles around the
South Island of New
Zealand.Surf, surf and
surf are the main
dangers, along with
remote uninhabited
coastline & strong
winds.
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Haida Gwaii ( The Queen
Charlotte Islands) -
In 2007, Justine
Curgenven, Shawna
Franklin & Leon Somme
paddled 500 miles around
this remote and
beautiful island chain
in British Columbia,
encountering dozens of
whales, hot springs,
standing totem poles, 3
metre swells & miles of
remote uninhabited
coastline. See footage
of this expedition in an
upcoming DVD.
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The North Face
Tasmania
Circumnavigation
- In Nov and Dec 2004,
Trys Morris, Gemma
Rawlings and Justine
became the first all
female team to
circumnavigate
Tasmania. They coped with
3 storey-high swells,
long portages over sand
bars and relentless
headwinds to complete
the 1350km journey in 37
days. 'See a 30 min
documentary of this
expedition on 'This is
the Sea 2'.
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Kamchatka Expedition
- In July 2003, Justine,
Hadas Feldman and novice
Russian paddler Alexey
Sitnokov successfully
completed a 650km sea
kayak journey up the
Pacific coast of
Kamchatka in remote
Siberia. Highlights
included intimidating
surf, brown bears, and
being taken away on a
tank. 'see a 16 minute
documentary of this
expedition on 'This is
the Sea 1'.
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Greenland Expedition
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Justine filmed 5 British
women skiing into the
Schweizerland mountains
and climbing new rock
routes.
Other Expeditions Include:
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Kayaking
& Climbing in the
Lofoten Islands, Norway,
including crossing the
Maelstrom tidal race,
July 2004 -
See Pictures Here
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The first
circumnavigation of
Wales by sea kayak, June
2001
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Kayaking
75 miles around Anglesey
in 14.5 hours, April
2002
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Climbing
6,952m Mount Aconcagua,
Argentina, February 2001
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Solo
Seakayak
Circumnavigation of
Iceland's West Fjords,
August 2002
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Kayaking
with an award winning
wildlife photographer
alongside humpback
whales in Alaska, Sept
2001
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Sea
Kayaking to Orkney &
climbing Old Man of Hoy,
September 2003
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Cycling
across the Pyrenees
mountains from coast to
coast, 1999
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Trekking
in the Nanda Devi
region, Indian
Himalayas, November 2000
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Sea
kayaking from Jersey to
Alderney for the total
eclipse, 2000
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