2021 APoY finalist, Steve Woods - Oceanographic (Staging)

Finalist Adventure Photographer of the Year

Steve Woods Canada

49°29'01.2"N 124°38’54.6"W

Sea lions swarm a diver. “Sea lions have been periodically culled for more than a century in British Columbia, with some now pushing for a cull of 25,000 animals,” says photographer Steve Woods. “When photographing them underwater, absolutely no bait or food is used, they simply want to play and interact. I have never observed this unique behaviour anywhere else in the world, which makes it even more devastating that they are under threat of a cull.”