Global Perspectives Guest Speakers & Citizen Science

JOIN A COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS & EXPLORERS

All of the Antarctica voyages aboard National Geographic Explorer feature a Global Perspectives Guest Speaker who adds layers of interest and experience.

Learn more about our guest speakers at expeditions.com/polar_speakers

FELICITY ASTON Author and former Antarctic scientist, she is the first woman to solo ski across Antarctica. Antarctica, Nov. 9, 2020

DR. JOE MACINNIS Oceanographer and the first person to explore beneath the North Pole. Antarctica, Jan. 18, 2021

PETER HILLARY Mountaineer and explorer. His father, Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to climb Everest. Antarctica, S. Georgia & the Falklands, Feb. 17, 2021 JAMLING TENZING NORGAY Mountaineer and autho r, Jamling is the son of the Everest pioneer, Tenzing Norgay. South Georgia & the Falklands, Mar. 9, 2021

ANDREW CLARKE An ecologist, Andy is retired from the British Antarctic Survey, where his work took him to McMurdo and Palmer stations. Antarctica, Feb. 7, 2021

DR. MICHELLE LARUE A research ecologist. Studies human impact on emperor and Adélie penguins, Weddell seals, and polar bears. Antarctica, Dec. 19, 2020

WHAT WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE AS A CITIZEN SCIENTIST?

Our guests in South Georgia will have a real chance to contribute to the scientific understanding of the region. Assisted by a naturalist, you may join a BioBlitz to collect data. Simply by spotting and photographing flora and fauna, you can help record and identify every living plant and animal at ke y sites. This information will directly inform the management of invasive species by the South Georgia Heritage Trust as they seek to preserve this iconic ecosystem.