"a photo he took of us on the Spitsbergen trip has pride of place above our computer""

"We certainly remember Ian – a photo he took of us on the Spitsbergen trip has pride of place above our computer – he managed to catch us both looking very happy and smiling.  

Here is a photo of Ian from that trip – the caption I put in our photo album reads: “Ian’s attempt at keeping his feet dry was amusing but not very successful!”.  

We had just completed a river crossing and Ian had pulled out these amazing plastic bag boot/leg covers which were supposed to keep the water out.  Unfortunately they failed heroically and Ian just ended up with bags full of water over his boots.  

But I suspect you won’t be surprised to see from the photo that he is still grinning broadly."

- Julie and Colin Gadsden

2002 Trip to Spitsbergen