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Tooni mahto in the arctic
Tooni Mahto is a Marine biologist, oceanographer and Campaigner known for co-presenting BBC series Oceans and Britain's Secret Seas
Contents
- Tooni mahto in the arctic
- The weedy sea dragon Oceans BBC
- Educational Background
- Career
- Career History
- References
The weedy sea dragon | Oceans | BBC
Educational Background
Mahto originally planned on pursuing a degree in Ancient History and Archeology. But during a diving trip in Thailand and East Africa during her gap year, she fell in love with marine life and decided to pursue a career in marine biology instead.
She then went to England where she studied at Plymouth University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology. After that, she received her master’s degree in Oceanography from the University of South Hampton.
Career
She has worked in television as camera operator and researcher at the BBC's Natural History Unit. She works for the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) as a Marine Campaigns Officer.
Career History
After receiving her master’s degree, Mahto became a certified diving instructor under the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) where she logged over 2,000 dives across the globe, including South Africa, Mozambique, and Malawi.
Her diving certification helped in the early stages of her career when she was an underwater camera operator and researcher for BBC’s Natural History Unit. One of the smaller credits in her career comes from her early work as a camera operator in the 2002 British war drama Copenhagen and the 2003 romantic comedy I’ll Be There.
Some of Mahto’s other behind-the-camera credits include her work as an underwater camera operator in the 2005 Animal Planet reenactment show I Shouldn’t Be Alive and in the short-run investigative murder series The Murder Room.
While working towards her Master’s degree from Southampton, Mahto co-presented the eight-part BBC documentary series Oceans (2008), which explored the important part the Earth’s bodies of water play in the global ecosystem in the past, present, and future. This series had her go to different diving locations from the Arctics to the tropics.
In 2009, she was featured in the British wildlife documentary series Wildest Dreams, which ran for seven episodes. The show focused on nine wildlife enthusiasts competing for a position at BBC’s Natural History Unit.
Her next major on-screen documentary was a follow-up to Oceans, a four-part docu-series Britain's Secret Seas (2011). The show took a deep dive into life in Britain’s native waters, showcasing its wildlife, underwater cities, and seascapes, along with the possible threats they face and what needs to be done to address its issues.