[4] Among other responsibilities, Lewis-Jones researched and acquired the new national collection of Inuit art, also supported the Heritage Lottery Fund.
His most recent books as an author are a new history of the South Pole and an Arctic travel narrative for television with popular BBC presenter and adventurer Bruce Parry.
The next in his series, Ocean Portraits, a celebration of the sea told through rare historic imagery and modern maritime photography, was released in the United Kingdom in late 2010 by Conway, an imprint of London-based publishing house Anova Books.
Described by Wanderlust magazine as a trove of 'portraiture at its best; personal, insightful and delightfully intriguing', it was selected by The Guardian as one of 'the year's best photography books'.
Having opened in Cambridge in 2007, Lewis-Jones' exhibition of Herbert's paintings Art of Exploration was shown in Scotland during 2009 and at the National Geographic gallery in London.
Most recently, Lewis-Jones was onscreen expert with Paul Rose in the BBC Two documentary Antarctica's Forgotten Hero, describing the adventures of polar explorer Frank Wild and the expeditions of the Heroic Age.
The 4-part film documentary Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery was screened in 2007 in Australia on ABC and in the United Kingdom on The History Channel.
[23] The documentary Wilderness Explored, produced by Jeremy Bristow, aired on the BBC in October 2008 and received widespread critical acclaim.
[25] In 2011, Lewis-Jones provided expert commentary in Robert Murphy's film for BBC Four, Of Ice and Men, alongside Sir Ranulph Fiennes and authors Sara Wheeler and Francis Spufford, tracing the way that Antarctica has captured the imagination over the centuries.