Expedition Team

Pablo Brandeman | Expedition Leader

Pablo has been on over 170 expeditions around the Southern Ocean, and has worn all the different hats: Zodiac Driver, Logistics, Camp Master, Lecturer, Expedition Leader, Assistant Expedition Leader, and Kayak Operations. He has lately become a drone pilot, and has assisted several scientific and film crews with their projects in the white continent. He enjoys a wide range of extreme sports and has many tales to tell.

Sarah Scriver | Assistant Expedition Leader

Sarah has been guiding expeditions for ten years in the Polar and subpolar regions, leading tundra hikes, zodiac tours, kayaking expeditions and camping. She was also the Shore Expedition Leader for the North West Passage Project, advising on landings and local conditions aboard the Swedish Icebreaker, Oden. She is a proud Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a passionate ambassador for the Polar regions.

Michael Bowen | Naturalist

Mike always had a taste for adventure. He joined the Royal Marine Commandos and had a distinguished Military career. During his service, Mike was one of the first British servicemen to pass the Norwegian Army’s Arctic survival instructors course, where he found his passion for the Polar regions. Mike has been working in the expedition industry for a number of years in the High Arctic and is an advanced zodiac driver and medic.

Santiago Stabile | Kayak Guide

Santiago always knew he wanted to work with nature and people, so he supplemented a degree in tourism with naturalist training, language courses and kayaking certification. After guiding in the best eco-lodges of Argentina for many years, he developed a career as a sea kayak guide between Europe and Patagonia. He is a curious world explorer, hungry for knowledge and passionate about public speaking.

Hanna Michel | Marine Biologist

Hanna is a biologist who discovered her love for whales and dolphins when she was a child. During her university days she was involved in research projects in Italy, Australia, and Iceland, collecting photo-id and behavioural data in cetaceans. She returned to Iceland after graduation, working as a guide on a variety of wildlife and nature tours in different parts of the country. Since 2017, she’s been migrating between Iceland and Antarctica, sharing her passion for marine mammals.

Alberto Martinez | Marine Biologist

Alberto is a Biologist with a passion for marine mammals. While in university, he worked as a naturalist at the Oceanográfico de Valencia, the biggest aquarium in Europe. After graduating, he worked as a Marine Mammal expert for several Whale Watching companies around Iceland. He became an expedition cruise naturalist and lecturer for Ponant in 2019 and has been participating in Polar expeditions ever since. And in 2021, he obtained a master’s degree in Animal Behavior.

Cheuk Kevin | Geologist

CK has been working in Antarctica since 2013 and has been an EnglishChinese interpreter for more than two decades. During his time at Washington State University, he enjoyed studying geology and anthropology, and participating in environmental protection activities. In 1991, he met two explorers who told him stories of the remarkable pioneers of polar exploration. These stories had a profound and lasting influence on his life.

Dmitrii Kiselev | Historian

Dmitrii studied history, Chinese language and Asian Pacific cultural diversity in university. He is the author of more than 30 publications in Oriental studies, naval and polar history. Among them is the first ever book focused on Soviet explorations in Franz Josef Land. He is now an expedition guide and field historian traveling all around our planet. While at home, Dmitrii likes to spend time maintaining his own historical page “Mitya’s Polar Curiosity Shop” on Facebook.

Sasha Zulas | Polar Meteorologist

After graduating from the Odessa State Ecological University, Sasha worked his way up from being a polar meteorologist to an oceanologist to the head of the sector of Marine Hydrometeorological Observations. He spent 5 years of his life working as a meteorologist-oceanologist at the Ukrainian Antarctic station located 8 kilometers from the Antarctic Peninsula. There, he gained plenty of field experience and even developed skills like working with metal and wood, drawing and driving a motor boat.

Sue Walsh | Ornithologist

Sue has travelled widely watching wildlife from the poles to the equator on all seven continents. She has been fascinated by all aspects of the natural world since studying geology back in the seventies. She is also an accredited bird ringer/bander which has allowed her to travel and ring birds in different countries. She has been lecturing on cruise ships since 2014, offering a range of informative talks about the wildlife to look out for.

Aleksandra Kormiltseva | Naturalist

As a Geography student at St. Petersburg State University, Aleksandra participated in several expeditions to the Russian Far North, and since then has fallen in love with the serene beauty of the Arctic, and its scale and wilderness.

Martín Bianco | Photographer

Martín is a photographer and an artist whose work explores travel, documentary and street photography. He was an accountant for many years but in 2013, he decided to leave his job to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional photographer and filmmaker, to travel around the world and get to know new cultures and places. He lives a simple and nomadic life, and he is always looking for new adventures.