Upcoming Guest Speakers

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Circumnavigating the Baltic Sea (page 99)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the center of European and global politics for three decades, including as the Secretary General of NATO, Prime Minister of Denmark, and advisor to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. Rasmussen will add rich context to the fascinating places and complex geopolitics guests will encounter on their journey.

Aleqa Hammond, Iceland and Greenland: Edge of the Arctic (page 115)

Aleqa Hammond was the first female Prime Minister of Greenland, a position she held from 2013 to 2014. She is the former commissioner of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, which promotes Inuit rights and interests at the international level. She shares perspectives on life in Inuit communities and the future of Greenland with guests.

Peter Hillary & Jamling Tenzing Norgay, East Greenland: Wild Shores of the High Arctic (page 113)

In 2002, climber Peter Hillary and sherpa mountaineer Jamling Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent, completed by Hillary’s father, Sir Edmund Hillary. They will join travelers aboard on the anniversary of their historic expedition.

Peter Hillary will also join our Kimberley Expedition: Australia’s Wild Northwest (page 30).

Joy Harjo, Columbia & Snake Rivers Journey (page 54)

Award-winning poet and author Joy Harjo of Muscogee (Creek) Nation served as the 23rd Poet Laureate for the United States from 2019 to 2022. She was the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. She will share perspectives on indigenous groups of the Pacific Northwest with guests.

Joseph Frey, South Greenland Exploration: Fjords, Waterfalls, and Fishing Villages (page 114)

A former vice president of The Explorers Club, Joseph Frey pursues his passions for archaeology and polar sciences in the planet’s most extreme environments. He has taken part in several archaeological expeditions, including the voyage that discovered Sir John Franklin’s HMS Erebus in the Northwest Passage.

Eva Ariak, Gateway to the Northwest Passage: Greenland & Canada (page 118)

Eva Ariak served as the Premier of Canada’s Nunavut territory from 2008 to 2013, is the current Commissioner, and was the fi rst female to hold the position. She has devoted much of her career to promoting Inuit languages, and advanced Nunavut’s groundbreaking Inuit Language Protection Act. This year, she joins us to discuss topics related to Inuit culture.