Frederique Olivier76

Frederique (Fred) Olivier has a background in environmental management and tropical marine ecology and has worked for 15 years in Antarctica and the Sub Antarctic. Her research focused on monitoring human impacts on the natural world from tropical reefs to polar shores. Fred has worked as a science diver, photographer, expedition guide, voyage manager, commercial skipper, camera person and media producer. She enjoys team work and the challenges of being autonomous in remote conditions. She supported several high profile BBC series such as "Planet Earth" and "South Pacific" after which she spent 3 years living on a yacht in remote Solomon Islands. In February 2013, Fred returned from a second overwintering year-long trip in Antarctica filming Emperor Penguins for BBC series "Penguins: Spy in the Huddle". This program supported ongoing research on the use of robots for scientific wildlife studies, which was continued in 2014 with a film shoot on Adelie penguins for a new BBC programme. Combining her science background with media experience, Fred's goal is to contribute imagery to support nature and wildlife conservation.