Arksen x Oceanographic

Arksen and Oceanographic Co-Founders of

Storyteller in Residence

Arksen & 10% for the Ocean partner with Oceanograhic magazine to launch coveted Storyteller in Residence program.

As a company born from a passion for marine exploration and adventure, we know first-hand the role the ocean plays in sustaining life on Earth. That’s why we’re proud to partner with the leading ocean magazine, Oceanographic, as a founder of the Storyteller in Residence program. An initiative designed to amplify the voices of those dedicated to preserving and protecting our oceans.

The Storyteller in Residence position is an annual position created in 2023 to provide an opportunity for one of the world’s best photojournalist to tell the ocean stories important to them over a 12-month period. Stories they feel the world needs to hear. With each passing year we’ll be adding Storytellers and making their incredible content permanently accessible, forever making an impact.

If you feel you have what it takes to be a part of this select group of storytellers, working as part of the Oceanographic Magazine team, we’d love to hear from you. You can apply for next year’s residency here.

By sharing these stories, we aim to spark global awareness and inspire meaningful change. Through this partnership, Arksen, and 10% for the Ocean, our ocean conservation charity, is helping to ensure that the critical message of ocean conservation reaches a wider audience.

The ocean is a story worth telling, and it’s a story we all have a part in writing.

Jasper Smith

We’re proud to work with Oceanographic, the worlds pre-eminent ocean magazine to create a sustainable future for the oceans. Join us in supporting the Storyteller in Residence program and raising awareness for one of the most urgent issues of our time — the health of the oceans and the life they sustain.

2024- 2025 Storyteller in Residence

Mads St Clair

British scientist Mads St Clair is a coral reef biologist, conservation photographer-filmmaker and expedition leader. Her drive to learn, investigate and document our oceans has taken her to some of the remotest corners of the planet to create powerful, compelling storytelling that serves as a call to action.

Wanting to bridge the gap between research and public awareness, Mads leans on her multidisciplinary background as a scientist-turned-creative to deliver hard-hitting conservation messages in a way that resonates with a global audience. Founder of charitable organisation and international community, Women in Ocean Science, Mads is a fierce advocate for gender equity and through her lens, explores the nuanced relationship between female empowerment and ocean health.

Despatches: From the field

Mads St Clair

Goodbye, ice camp and hello Nuuk

Mads St Clair

Sascha’s seals

Mads St Clair

The Icefjord

Mads St Clair

Insights from polar bears of the past

2023 -2024 Storyteller in Residence

Henley Spiers

Henley Spiers is a highly decorated wildlife photographer, writer, and expedition leader. An avid waterman, he started out as a dive instructor, before falling in love with underwater imagery and making the transition to full-time photojournalism. Henley lives in Devon, UK, with his wife, Jade, and their two young daughters. Henley spent 2023 as Oceanographic’s Storyteller in Residence.