The National Geographic Resolution in Antarctica with penguins. (photo via Ralph Lee Hopkins) ((photo via Ralph Lee Hopkins))
WHY IT RATES: The expedition travel leader is adding to an impressive lineup of guest speakers this summer.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior Editor
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic – the recognized global leader and pioneer of modern expedition travel to the world’s wildest and most remote places – today announced the newest additions to its distinguished lineup of guest speakers for the 2023/2024 Antarctica season.
When traveling with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic, guests enjoy exclusive experiences featuring renowned individuals from the worlds of science, exploration, literature, music, photography, culture and more, thoughtfully curated to enrich each expedition.
“We believe that full immersion in a destination is the best way to experience it and giving our guests access to a rotating cast of speakers helps guide that immersion,” said Noah Brodsky, Chief Commercial Officer at Lindblad Expeditions. “Our guest speakers offer in-depth insights and compelling conversations, helping guests to connect more deeply to the people, places, and wildlife along their journey, and we are honored to have these acclaimed individuals on board to enlighten travelers with their expertise."
Latest additions include:
Mensun Bound, the Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at St Peter’s College, Oxford, and the director of the first academic unit for underwater archaeology in England. Known as the "Indiana Jones of the Deep", Bound has conducted wreck surveys and excavations all over the world in a career that spanned 40 years. During that time he excavated one of the oldest known shipwrecks (600 BC) and, in 1997, he used saturation diving methods to carry out the deepest shipwreck excavation there has ever been. In 2019, Bound was Director of Exploration for the first search to find Shackleton’s Endurance and three years later, Bound was successful in his search as the Endurance was found upright, largely intact, proud of the seabed and in an excellent state of preservation. Participating Itinerary: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent (November 18, 2023).
Dr. Robert Bindschadler, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a past President of the International Glaciological Society and is currently both a NASA Emeritus Scientist and a Senior Research Scientist at Morgan State University. Dr. Bindschadler’s career spanned more than 30 years at NASA where he retired in 2010 as the Chief Scientist of NASA’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory and a Senior Fellow of the Goddard Space Flight Center. He maintains an active interest in glaciers and ice sheets and has led 16 Antarctic field expeditions to study dynamics of the West Antarctic ice sheet. Participating Itinerary: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent (November 27, 2023).
Christian Cooper, the Host and a Consulting Producer for the upcoming National Geographic series Extraordinary Birder. Practically born with a pair of binoculars in his hands, he took up birding at an early age thanks to his father, a biology teacher, and inherited an activist streak from both his parents, African Americans who had marched for justice and equality in the Civil Rights era. Cooper advocates for greater, safer access to green spaces for all, with a focus on outreach to youth in underserved communities. He continues to seek synergy at the intersections of storytelling, progressivism, and environmentalism, and he has had the privilege of traveling the globe to find birds and to meet some of the scientists and conservationists—truly extraordinary birders—who are working to help them thrive. Participating Itinerary: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent (December 7, 2023).
Peter Hillary, the son of Sir Edmund Hillary—the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay in 1953—and the first second-generation to climb Mount Everest. Hillary has climbed the Seven Summits (the highest mountain on each of the seven continents), and he has been on over 40 mountaineering expeditions around the world. In 1999 Peter established a new overland route across Antarctica to the South Pole on an 84-day ski expedition. Two of the five Ross Sea routes to the South Pole were established by members of the Hillary family—Ed Hillary via the Skelton Glacier in 1958 and Peter Hillary via the Shackleton Glacier in 1999. Participating Itineraries: East Greenland: Wild Shores of the High Arctic (September 6, 2023) and Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands (October 29, 2023).
To learn more about guest speakers and programs, exclusive itineraries in Antarctica, and more, visit expeditions.com/destinations/antarctica/.
SOURCE: Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic press release.
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