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Kia ora, i'm Annika,
a kiwi girl from Aotearoa, New Zealand,
often found underwater.
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WELCOME


This is a space to share my passion with the aim to spark is a little inspiration for those interested in exploration and adventures.

I live in Aotearoa New Zealand, where you can always find me by the ocean... or hiking up a mountain.

ABOUT ANNIKA

Discover. Learn. Create

Former architectural graduate turned full-time ocean explorer, creator & advocate for the marine conservation. 
Annika Andresen's passion is the ocean. Her interests in design, communication, and the aquatic environment have led to integrating scientific exploration with visual storytelling to enhance knowledge and understanding of the ocean to a broader public consciousness.

​A true thalassophile.

READ MORE ABOUT MY STORY HERE →
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As a way to empower the next generation of divers, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) has created the NextGen Scholarship to provide a year of training and other benefits to deserving divers on their quest for excellence. 
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Annika is the inaugural  Global Underwater Explorers NextGen scholar for 2019-2021.
Follow her scholarship journey here. 
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FEATURED POSTS

Article: Diving with an unseen injury

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Scuba diving after a concussion.
​My recovery and how I returned to diving following a traumatic brain injury. ​Article featured in the New Zealand Dive Magazine and InDepth Magazine. 
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE →

Project: NZ-VR

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In partnership BLAKE and New Zealand Geographic, NZ-VR is an outreach programme that aims to connect thousands of young New Zealanders with the marine environment through virtual reality headsets. 
LEARN MORE →

Antarctic Ambassador

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With the support of BLAKE, Antarctica New Zealand and the Antarctic Heritage Trust, I spent six weeks on Ross Island conserving Sir Edmund Hillary's Hut as their Antarctic Ambassador for the summer of 2016-17.
DISCOVER ANTARCTICA →

CONTACT

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Getting in Touch

General inquiries →
annika@hotmail.co.nz
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