Nicolas Popov is a photographer, marine biologist and writer. He studied at the University of California-Santa Cruz, specializing in marine ecology and worked at the Long Marine Lab. Nicolas has contributed much of his work to the local community including the production of several films and publications, see page 19. A Natural Beauty, a film made for the Department of the Environment Biodiversity Unit was presented at the Rio Environment World Summit in 1992. Since then Nicolas and Dragan have continued to make documentaries and have provided environmental education for both Island Expedition students and others.
Today there are greater conservation efforts in the islands due, in part, to their work.
During the summer of 1989, Jane Popov joined the team on explorations of remote areas of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos and has stayed with Nicolas ever since. She has been a very productive member and even had Ivana and Mikael on the way, two of the expedition children. She holds degrees from the Isle of Wight College of Arts and Technology, Oxford Polytechnic and Aberyswyth Vniversity. Jane is a full time certified teacher and is a great asset to the School at Sea and editor to our books and articles. Nearly three-fourth of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans.