Cindy Buxton

Lucinda Catherine "Cindy" Buxton FRGS (born 21 August 1950) is a British wildlife film-maker, photographer and author.

Background and education

The third of the six children of Lord Buxton of Alsa (founder of Anglia Television and the television series Survival) and Pamela Mary Birkin, daughter of Sir Henry Birkin, she was educated at New Hall School, Chelmsford, Essex.

Professional career

Her first wildlife film was released in 1971, when she was just 21 years old. She later became involved in filming wildlife documentary films (chiefly for her father's nature documentary television series Survival). In 1978 she co-wrote the first scientific paper about the Shoebill, in Zambia. Her 1980 book "Survival in the Wild" is about her first 8 years in Africa.

During a filming expedition on South Georgia in March 1982, Cindy Buxton and her assistant Annie Price were caught up in the Falklands War. They were trapped for four weeks before they were rescued by a helicopter from HMS Endurance. This and her previous three years there and in Antarctica are described in her book "Survival: South Atlantic". She was subsequently invited to return for the Falkland Islands' 150th anniversary celebrations in February 1983.

Buxton

Coordinates: 53°15′32″N 1°54′40″W / 53.259°N 1.911°W / 53.259; -1.911

Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park". A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities lying primarily to the north, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire. Economically, Buxton is within the sphere of influence of Greater Manchester.

Buxton is home to Poole's Cavern, an extensive limestone cavern open to the public, and St Ann's Well, fed by the geothermal spring bottled and sold internationally by Buxton Mineral Water Company. Also in the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several music and theatre festivals each year. The Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby is housed in one of the town's historic buildings.

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