All our voyages are led by a carefully selected team of dedicated and enthusiastic expedition staff, chosen not only for their local knowledge and wealth of experience but also their great love of our destinations.

Rather than the more traditional cruise-ship entertainment, our team will bring our destinations to life through informal talks, walks and hikes ashore, interpretive Zodiac excursions and one-to-one or small group conversations.

With our small passenger capacity, the onboard experts are always available to answer any questions on the natural and cultural history of the places visited. You will never disembark feeling short-changed by the destinations you have visited. We select teams of experts that include ornithologists, geologists, historians, marine biologists, botanists, astronomers, glaciologists, artists, photographers and general naturalists.

The nature of our trips mean that every voyage is unique. Each sighting is as special for our experts as it is for our passengers who are inevitably swept along by the experts’ enthusiasm.

	Onboard Expert - Bill Davis
	Bill Davis has led and participated in Polar expeditions for more than a decade. A few of his ‘Polar highlights’ have been sailing through the entire Northwest Passage (twice), landing on Wrangel Island in the Russian High Arctic and spending a month on a 100 year-old fore-and-aft schooner in South Georgia.

	Onboard Expert - Kara Weller
	Kara Weller's major passion has always been for the polar regions. With a BS and MS degree in wildlife biology, she has studied whales in the Bering sea, eiders in the Arctic and spent time doing research for the Alaska Bird Observatory, as well as working extensively in the ecotourism industry.

	Onboard Expert - Jeff Dickrell
	Jeff Dickrell has lived and taught in the Aleutians for almost 20 years, taking on a variety of roles; participating in archaeological digs on Unalska and Shernya, teaching kayak building on Atka and giving history lectures on St. Paul. He is currently working on a book on the history of the Aleut kayak.

	Onboard Expert - Dutch
	David 'Dutch' Wilmott has been plying polar waters for six years. He honed his wilderness and boating skills in Melbourne, Australia, and also gained a degree in Environmental Science there. He has sailed and raced yachts all over the world and last year rounded Cape Horn in "Spirit of Sydney".

	Onboard Expert - Martin Gray
	From the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, Martin Gray arrives to spend his 13th season in the Polar Regions. A silver award winner of Wanderlust Magazine's "Adventure Guide of the Year", Gray's passion for all things polar is infectious and makes Arctic aficionados out of all our passengers.

	Onboard Expert - David Mcgonigal
	David has visited the polar regions more than 50 times. Originally a member of the legal profession he is now a published and respected travel writer and photographer. An avid motor-cycler he is the first person to motorcycle seven continents.

	Onboard Expert - John Rodsted
	John is a freelance photographer who’s career spans 25 years. His work has been exhibited worldwide and he is the official photographer to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In this capacity he is part of the team that won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

	Onboard Expert - Lynn Woodworth
	From her first Antarctic voyage in 1995, Lynn was completely hooked on the ice and has traveled south every year since in various roles including assistant expedition leader, naturalist guide and wildlife lecturer. Lynn’s love of extreme conditions and seeking wild and wonderful places has taken her trekking and rafting around the world.

	Onboard Expert - Rupert Krapp
	Rupert has been traveling and working in the Arctic and Antarctic as a student, tourist guide and sea ice ecologist since 1998. Participating in over 35 combined polar expeditions he is currently finishing his PhD in biological oceanography and sea ice ecology. His other passions include sea kayaking.

	Onboard Expert - David 'Woody' Wood
	Woody's passion for all things pelagic and polar is infectious so exercise caution. He is always ready to have a chat and share his polar passions! His love of travel and the polar regions has seen him regularly spending many months of the year on The Adventure Fleet’s ships. He simply cannot get enough of the ocean and its extremes!

	Onboard Expert - Aaron Lawton
	Aaron has worked with our Polar program since 1999 and has been Kayak Guide, Assistant Expedition Leader or Expedition Leader on more than 75 Polar expeditions. Aaron has also worked with our operations team to develop safety and environmental guidelines in the Arctic and Antarctic.

	Onboard Expert - Hayley Shephard
	Hayley brings an abundance of experience and knowledge to her role on board our vessels. She has a teaching Diploma specialising in Outdoor Education and Environmental Science and has an eagerness to share her passion for the polar regions. She has her sights set now on being the first woman to circumnavigate South Georgia - alone!

	Onboard Expert - Solan Jensen
	Solan began sea kayak guiding professionally when he was 19 years old in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska. He received a degree in Philosophy from the Evergreen State College and is co-director of the forthcoming documentary film 'Made a Machine by Describing the Landscape' with two other films under production.

	Onboard Expert - Thomas Pickard
	With a degree in Environmental Science Thomas has worked extensively in remote areas of Antarctica, assisting with Australian Antarctic Division scientific research programs. Originally from Australia, he currently splits his time between Arctic cruises and working as a freelance photographer.

	Onboard Expert - Peter Middleton
	Serving on the executive board of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists and Rankin Resources Group Peter has a wide scope of expertise that he loves to share. If you happen to find him lying on the ground at some point waving his hands in the air, don’t despair, he is only trying to catch the attention of a passing caribou.