Meet the
TEAM
Ever wondered what it’s like to work on a Quark Expeditions ship in Antarctica? Read on to find out more about the people that make your journey so memorable.
Edward (Ed) Webster ROLE Historian FROM Raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, in the US PAST LIFE Degree in anthropology. My writing and photographs have appeared worldwide in dozens of publications, and I’ve also penned an autobiography. PASSIONS I’m a veteran of seven Himalayan expeditions, and am an avid rock climber and mountaineer. FUN FACT I’m one of only three mountaineers cited in Trivial Pursuit (the other two are Mount Everest’s first ascensionists, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay).
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Annie Inglis ROLE Marine Biologist FROM The outback of Australia TIME IN POLAR REGIONS Every polar season since 2002 LIFE BEFORE Education in sciences and management. I also have my commercial skipper’s licence. PASSIONS I continue to be amazed, and humbled, by the beauty of this remote area. I have a true passion for (and knowledge of) the incredible wildlife, history and ecology of the world’s farflung polar regions.
Adrian Boyle ROLE Ornithologist FROM South Australia LIFE WHEN NOT AT SEA I first visited Antarctica in 2006, and started working for Quark in 2012/13. Since then, I’ve spent four months of every year in the region. At other times, I work for Quark in the Arctic; I also spend two months of the year studying migratory shorebirds in China for the Global Flyway Network. PASSIONS I’m keen on all wildlife, but my main passion is birds. CRAZIEST EXPERIENCE Visiting the Danger Islands and seeing a staggering amount of Adelie penguins: three million of them!
