Activity Guides
Expedition Team
If you sign up to go sea kayaking or diving, mountaineering or rock climbing, you know you are in good hands with our skilled, attentive activity guides. For more information see page 12.
Naturalists, Historians and Expedition Specialists Whether they’re explaining the unusual lifecycle of king penguins on a beach in South Georgia, or regaling you with Shackleton’s epic tale of survival, our expedition specialists are on board to enrich your understanding of the world around you. Join them for compelling presentations or a casual chat, and tap into their passion and expertise.
Tarn Pilkington Ski & Mountain Guide Tarn is a qualified IFMGA Mountain and Ski Guide working year-round in New Zealand. Since visiting Antarctica for the first time in 1994, he has returned over 15 times and admits to being completely addicted. Tarn spends winters
Heidi Krajewsky
heli-ski guiding and ski-touring, and summers guiding and working on film
Naturalist
contracted as the Crew Chief for the local Air Ambulance service and volunteers
Heidi’s love for the ocean was ignited by a teenage stint as a Sea Cadet. Leaving
and television productions as a safety officer, or mountain biking. He is also for the Alpine Cliff Rescue Team.
home to work as a deckhand on a schooner off the west coast of her native Canada, Heidi developed a keen interest in the natural world. She followed her passion, working on wilderness adventure boats to put herself through a Marine Biology
Toby Story
degree. She has been enthusiastically interpreting the natural world ever since.
Sea Kayaking Guide
Heidi was a founding director of the Marine Education and Research Society, and assisted with humpback and minke whale research in British Columbia.
Toby began his sea kayak guiding career on the remote, rugged coastlines of Tasmania. Over the past 15 years he has guided kayaking expeditions across the equatorial and polar regions. Toby is also a qualified sea kayak instructor, and has worked extensively
Nina Gallo
with universities, schools and tourism operators as an expedition leader, educator and
Historian
places and assisting people to enjoy, understand and experience those places to the
A writer, guide and intermittent resident of the Blue Mountains, Nina has always
guide trainer. Toby’s great passion is learning about and exploring remote, beautiful full. Toby is also a keen photographer, climber, runner and surfer.
been drawn to the quiet majesty of the natural world. After training in Tasmania, Nina worked as a canyoning and climbing guide in the Blue Mountains, and as all-rounder on events in the Simpson Desert. Eternally fascinated by the
Scott Portelli
relationship between humans and nature, Nina studied literature, politics,
Photography Guide
science, Chinese medicine and French at university before graduating with a BA and a profound appreciation for good storytelling. She is the author of the
Scott is an international award-winning wildlife, nature and underwater
2020 Australian Geographic book on Antarctica.
photographer. A member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Scott has spent over a decade working in extreme conditions in the polar
Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj
regions. He shows enthusiasts and experts alike how to get the most out of
Geologist & Astronomy Enthusiast
challenging locations.
their photography, bringing the best tips and techniques for photographing in
Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj is a glaciologist, geologist, astronomy enthusiast and visiting professor of environmental science at Colorado College in the United States. Ulyana is especially passionate about science education and outreach. After completing her PhD, she launched an adventure and citizen science initiative called Science in the Wild, aimed at getting people outdoors, thinking like scientists and helping to collect scientific data while on expedition with her in the field.
Peter Szyszka Diving Guide Peter is among the elite diving professionals worldwide who have achieved Instructor Trainer status with six training agencies for all available courses. Peter has dived in 32 countries and in all seven continents, in all conditions and water temperatures, to depths past 120 metres. He has been a Polar Dive Guide and technical supervisor on many trips to the polar regions. Peter has a gift for training and a passion for diving that inspires all who meet him.
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