Jamie Lafferty is a writer and photographer from Glasgow, Scotland. He has been travelling to polar regions for over a decade on assignments for the likes of the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, and National Geographic Traveller. He now splits his year between working as a photography guide on expedition ships and pursuing travel journalism in worldwide destinations.

His writing has won several awards, including Travel Writer of the Year and Specialist Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards. 

Recent years have seen him cover destinations from Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific to Alaska’s North slope and from South Africa to Svalbard. In 2023, he completed a semi-circumnavigation of Antarctica. In addition to his work as a photographer and writer for titles in the UK and the US, he is currently working on an adventure travel book about penguins. 

Original Stories & Guides by Jamie Lafferty