

However, Samantha wasn't all happy about sailing to Yamatai: she started to feel nervous and nauseous as they got closer and closer to the Dragon's Triangle - and not in the excited kind of way. Samantha wants to make sure that Lara gets the credit she deserves for the expedition this is the reason why Samantha has secretly been shooting footage of her, too, during the expedition. Finally setting out to sea, towards Yamatai, and possibly walking in the footsteps of her ancestors. Right away after getting on board Samantha starts to film the crew as they prepare to set out to Yamatai. Samantha's uncle agreed to do so, but under two conditions: he'll get 60% of the sale price of anything that'll be brought back from the expedition and that Samantha will be the new camera person. Whitman's funds weren't enough, so Lara suggests that Samantha would ask her uncle to help financing the expedition. Samantha eventually got on board of the Endurance when the funding for the expedition to Yamatai was cut off from the network, and Whitman wanted to do the documentary by using his own money. īefore being part of Endurance's crew, Samantha is topping up her tan on board of the Endurance as Whitman arrives to interview his new crew for his documentary. Samantha sparked up Lara's interest in Himiko years ago before the actual expedition to Yamatai by telling her the story of the Sun Queen that was told to Samantha by her grandmother, like the story was a memory. On their adventures Lara has been more interested in exploring ruins and Samantha on the other hand has been more interested in visiting the local clubs and running into cute guys. They've been on a backpacking trip in Bulgaria and a hiking trip on the south face of Kilimanjaro. Samantha and Lara have been on adventures together before their expedition to Yamatai. Samantha has gained lots of filming experience at different locations: in the Arctic, the Congo and the Red Desert. However, her passion for film-making wasn't regarded as a positive thing at college, as the academics there dismissed it as nonsense.

Samantha went to college together with Lara and she studied cinematography there.
