Doctor at sea hits the big screen

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Doctor at sea hits the big screen

Claire Russell
Claire Russell – “The Southern Ocean is a maturing experience”.

Waikato GP and urgent care specialist Claire Russell reflects on a sailing adventure that changed her life, and became the subject of a movie that shocked her children. Alan Perrott reports

I basically swapped a stethoscope for a bloody spanner Sail around the world, you say? Well, why not? After all, Claire Russell had done a Day, Sailing, Claire Russell: “The Southern Ocean is a maturing experience”