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Our Expedition Team

Our Expedition Team

Meet Our Expedition Team

"The best Expedition Staff in the industry. Period. "
And it’s not just us saying it. The comment cards that we collect from our guests after each expedition consistently express the same message: “the expedition staff made the trip.” Our Expedition Leaders, outstanding Naturalists, Marine Biologists, Photographers and Undersea Specialists collectively have thousands of years of experience guiding travelers to the most interesting places in the world. They are the ones who write the books, they are the locals; they are the experts that knowledgeable explorers want to travel with again and again. They are the best in their fields. Read more and see why our staff inspires such passion. 

Highlighted Staff
SHARON GRAINGER
SHARON GRAINGER
Naturalist
Sharon’s degrees in Psychology and Anthropology from Eastern Washington University have given her a good base to pursue her profession as a naturalist and photographer. She has also completed courses in Therapeutic Herbalism and Botany. With five generations of artists behind her, she has developed a portfolio of images covering many interests, including photographs from worldwide travel, herbal medicine, ethnobotany, indigenous cultures, natural and cultural history; all creating a backdrop for the use of her unique vision and interpretation, to capture a moment.
FAUSTO ARELLANO
FAUSTO ARELLANO
Naturalist

Fausto Arellano has been a naturalist guide and dive master in the Galapagos for over 20 years. He took his first trip to the Galapagos Islands in 1982 as a graduation present from high school. Captivated by the beauty of the islands, innocence of the wildlife, and peacefulness of nature, Fausto discovered his future career and study path. He graduated from Catholic University Quito with a degree in biology specializing in the research of the Galapagos hawk and Darwin finches. After completing the Naturalist Guide’s course soon afterwards, he realized his dream and has been leading student, photography, nature, dive, and special interest trips in the Galapagos Islands ever since. This coming October, Fausto will visit northern Australia, where he has been invited to speak about the past, present, and future of the Galapagos at the Charles Darwin University celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday.Read more

PETE PEDERSON
PETE PEDERSON
Naturalist

Pete is fascinated by the diversity of life and natural systems, from harsh arctic and desert landscapes to verdant tropical forests. He studied zoology as an undergraduate and completed his Master of Science degree in wildlife biology at Humboldt State University in California. He investigated waterfowl feeding ecology for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a graduate student. Read more

KAREN COPELAND
KAREN COPELAND
Naturalist

Born and raised in Canada, Karen received her B.Sc. in biology from the University of Waterloo, her M.D. from the University of Western Ontario and interned at McMaster University in Hamilton. Detouring from hospital hallways, Karen found herself in the American southwest where the joys of motherhood mingled with the thrills of volunteerism in the out-of-doors. Each discovery led to another adventure and Karen became a whitewater guide and published photographer. Looking at the details of the natural world through the lens of a camera stimulated a passion for knowledge that began with botany and led to geology and ornithology. Read more


 

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