NEW YORK, July 7 (UPI) -- Australian Navy diver and marine life conservationist Paul De Gelder says a "hectic" year led to him starring in five new Shark Week specials for Discovery.
De Gelder will be seen in Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood, Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion, Deadliest Bite, The Real Sharkano and Shark Attack Island.
"The first half of this year, I've been away on adventures, trying not to die, trying to bring the most excitement and education to everyone," De Gelder told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"I was back and forth across the equator a couple of times over a few months," he laughed. "I was going from Bahamas to Australia to Florida, New Zealand to New Caledonia, and then I had some speaking work in Nashville, Detroit, New Orleans, so I've been away from home a bit."
Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion brings De Gelder back to the place where a 700-pound bull shark bit off his arm and leg during a 2009 military exercise.