Roger has now ceased voyaging to the Arctic following his last, sensational circumnavigation of Svalbard and visit to the waters of Franz Josef Land, (where Russian military activity has greatly expanded since then). Perhaps the number of cruise ships now sailing Arctic waters has also put him off.
I recently introduced a friend to Roger's "Simple Sailor" website, which contains a series of fascinating articles written in Roger's inimitable style, as well as his video diaries. We found a link there to his most recent work, "Travels Through a Window", a most absorbing account of his philosophical musings on life, death and everything else, evoked while seated at his desk, looking out across Loch Carron from his Highland fastness.
Roger's pen has been far from idle. Anyone who has enjoyed Patrick o' Brian's Aubrey & Maturin books about life at aboard an 18th Century man of war may be interested to know there's also a link in his website, to Roger's translation from the French of Eric Gautier's 2 volume maritime novel "The Adventures of Laforest-Dombourg", which vividly tells the story from the other side.
Apart from hill running and competing in the Inverness half marathon, Roger tells me he is cultivating a tea plantation. Yes, you read that correctly. So, I must declare an interest and confess that he's promised me a packet of tea grown in the Scottish Highlands in exchange for mentioning his most recent publications here.