In the process of redefining WHAT I do, after a long time spent reflecting on WHY I do it. Currently: I pivoted during 2021, and building on 8 years of volunteering as a technical rescue specialist within mountain rescue, I’m now an Emergency Medical Technician in the NHS. I am due to qualify as a paramedic in early 2025. I have special interests in human factors and crew resource management in the expedition and pre-hospital environments. This has led me to blending my two alter-egos of medicine and expedition, and so I also I work as a freelance expedition medic alongside being a member of teaching faculty on wilderness and expedition medicine courses for registered healthcare professionals.Previously: I was a BAFTA and Emmy nominated, multi-award winning cinematographer and internationally published documentary photographer, working in wildlife and science documentaries for the likes of the BBC Natural History Unit, Netflix, Disney and and National Geographic. A particular specialist in arctic, high-altitude and extreme environments, I filmed the crossover between the natural world and people, specialising in covering stories of positive engagement, conservation and cutting edge field science across species and geographic boundaries. For more information please check out my website at www.ryanatkinson.tv