Our Onboard Experts

Initially trained as a biologist Alan spent several years after university working in fish farming and learnt t...

Carl grew up in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa and spent his childhood on the beaches and in the sea. He started sc...

Chantal was born in Suffolk very near the sea and now lives in Northumberland where her husband farms and when ...

Cheli is a seasoned veteran when it comes to exploring the rich, breathtaking nature and animal life of the eve...

Colin is a freelance marine biologist and photographer, with a strong interest in underwater photography. Origi...

Conrad Weston is a Second Generation costarrican.  Conrad has been involved in ecotourism since 1986 in So...

Cory Jones has been based in the Highlands of Scotland for the last 15 years, he is a passionate outdoors perso...

Craig is from Glasgow, which he has called home for almost his entire life. However, he has taken every opportu...

Craig Ward is a marine professional; a dive instructor, zoologist and ship’s captain who holds a BSc from...

Damon Ramsey personal obsession in life is to see as many types of plants, animals and ecosystems as he can! Hi...

Born and bred in Melbourne, Australia Dot has a love of the outdoors, adventure and travel. The past twenty yea...

Chris Edwards, a native of Scotland, graduated from the University of Glasgow. He then worked for the British A...

Susan was born and brought up in North East England. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in Geology ...

Emma (Emmarentia) Hansen was born and raised in the stunning Lowveld area of Mpumalanga, South Africa, very clo...

Born and raised in Dundee, the city of RRS Discovery, Finlay developed a passion for maritime and polar history...

Born and raised in leafy Hertfordshire, Genna has been swapping the fields and woods of England for more exotic...

Grant is a South African waterman with a deep love for nature. Originally from Zimbabwe, he relocated to South ...

Guy Esparon was born in the Seychelles and migrated to Australia in 1971, where he spent 30 years living betwee...

Hannah grew up in southwest England but caught the travel and adventure bug following a 6-week expedition livin...

For the past twelve years Hannah has divided her time between working on expedition cruise ships as a wildlife ...

Heidi originally hails from Finland but has spent almost two decades working and travelling around the world. O...

Iain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and grew up in a small village in neighbouring Fife. He now lives in Linco...

Ignacio Marino – or Nacho - was born in Ushuaia, the capital city of Tierra Del Fuego Antartida e Islas D...

Jake has always loved life on the water; he began driving boats when he was 5, landed his first job at a marina...

John was born and grew up in Zimbabwe, spending his childhood fishing, chasing insects, watching birds, and gai...

Justin has moved around a lot but the heart of his childhood was spent living alongside the Chesil Beach and Fl...

Kevin Morgan is a naturalist with a passion for wildlife and a master’s degree in oceanography, who has w...

Kevin served in the Royal Marines for 12 years which took him all over the world working in some of the most ar...

Laura grew up in London but in 2009 headed north to Scotland and now lives by the sea in Orkney.   He...

Born in Normandy, Louis has been specialising in expedition voyages for two decades. As a lecturer, Louis share...

Malcolm Pringle is a lifelong ornithologist, wildlife enthusiast and an accomplished dingy and keelboat sailor ...

Marta, a native of Stockholm, is a lover of nature and exploration. Boating through the serene Swedish archipel...

Mike was born in South London, and from an early age wanted to join the Military, at 16 Mike joined the Royal M...

Coming from South Africa, Pam is a marine scientist, PADI dive instructor, zodiac skipper and sailor, and has w...

Pierre is an all round naturalist who trained as an oceanographer and marine biologist and has more than forty ...

A native of Scotland, Professor James Floyd, has recently retired as District Geologist after 36 years with the...

Ragnar is a native of Iceland. He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1981 with Icelandic studies as hi...

Scott was brought up in a small village in the Highlands of Scotland beside Loch Ness. This is where he develop...

Simon shares the same family name as the illustrious 18th century explorer, Captain James Cook. In addition to ...

Sue has been creating wildlife, landscape and travel photos for 20+ years, traveling to over 90 countries on al...

A British naturalist who has years of experience working in conservation, ciology and guiding in some of the wo...

Wendy trained as a classical ballet dancer and teacher at the University of Cape Town. After dancing profession...