Expedition Leaders Speak Up

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).

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!

Wayne Broomfield

ROLE Logistics Coordinator, Inuit Guide FROM Nunatsiavut, Labrador, in Canada PAST LIFE I grew up on the water practicing traditional Inuit ways, transferring those skills into a variety of work through cruise ships, or for Parks Canada at the Torngat Mountains Base Camp and Research Station. I’m also the former mayor of Makkovik! PASSIONS I love my Inuit culture: hunting, fishing and spending time out on the land and water.

Phil Wickens

ROLE Geologist FROM London, UK TIME AT SEA A decade PAST LIFE PhD in plant pathology. I then spent time working as a field guide for the British Antarctic Survey, on geology projects deep in the heart of Antarctica. PASSIONS I’m a keen climber and ski mountaineer, and have led numerous expeditions to remote mountains in the greater ranges. FUN FACT I’ve climbed almost 150 Antarctic summits, including 50 that were previously unclimbed. In 2019, I completed the first ski traverse along the narrowest sections of the Antarctic Peninsula.

David (Woody) Wood

ROLE Expedition Leader (extraordinaire) FROM Australia PAST LIFEE I have a degree in political science and law, and previously worked in a paediatrics hospital. PASSIONS I love the ocean and wild places at the extreme ends of the planet: landscapes, ice, wildlife and polar history. I spend as much time as possible on ships heading into the ice. There’s nothing better than being enchanted by polar regions.

Boomer Jerritt

ROLE Photographer FROM Canada PAST LIFE I had my own photography business for more than 25 years and have authored three photography books. PASSIONS I’ve always been an active participant in nature’s ‘outdoor playground’ and am a passionate photo educator, working to unlock the creative within us all.

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