INTERESTING PLACES SPECIALIST EXPERTISE
Silversea Expeditions have the highest expedition team to guest ratio in the expedition cruising industry. We select the world’s most knowledgeable and experienced specialists and each voyage is led by an experienced Expedition Leader. Depending on the destination, the team includes these disciplines:
• Anthropologist • Botanist
• Cultural expert • Dive master • Ecologist/Conservation Specialist • General Naturalist • Geologist • Historian
• Marine Biologist • Ornithologist • Photographer
OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS
Full details of the vast range of experts in our team are available on our website. You’ll find some of them listed here.
FOR INTERESTING PEOPLE Experts by your side
Welcome to our 2017 Silversea Expedition voyages. Each year, we strive harder to include more remote, harder to reach and off-the-beaten track destinations, so that you can experience the regions and traditions that the typical tourist doesn’t find. This year we have added dozens of new destinations, including the striking
Sunderbans Reserve in Bangladesh — in fact, we are the only ones who go there. I’m also thrilled to announce that Silver Cloud will undergo extensive refurbishment and join our expedition fleet in November 2017, bringing our number of expedition ships to four. Accompanying you on each adventure is a dedicated team of experts giving lectures and insights and making sure that your every question is answered. We believe that every guest aboard one of our ships is an explorer in the making; we want you to be immersed in the local culture, expect the unexpected, and be prepared to be amazed.
Happy exploring!
Conrad Combrink Director Expedition Planning
PATRICK DEMUS Dive Master & Marine Biologist
Patrick’s love of the sea takes him below the waves as a researcher, a dive
instructor and an underwater photographer! Back home in Vienna, he educates the public on biology at the Vienna Zoo.
STEFAN KREDEL
Senior Expedition Leader and Geologist
German native Stefan has travelled extensively throughout Iceland,
Greenland, both Polar regions, Asia and Europe and explored copper, gold and diamond mines all over the world. He holds a BSc in Geology/Palaeontology.
DR. SAMUEL TEMIDAYO OSINUBI
Ornithologist
Dayo studies the behaviour of birds in relation to their environment, and brings an
infectious passion to bird watching. He has a Master of Science in Conservation Biology and a PhD in Ecology.
MICHELLE MALAN Botanist From the Cape Floristic Region of Cape Town, Michelle has spent the past decade travelling around
Southern Africa, studying off-the-beaten- path plants and ecosystems. She is a freelance environmental consultant, focusing on the effects of climate change in Southern Africa.
RAY STRANAGAN Photographer
American Ray graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 2011, and continues to pursue
work photographing natural ecosystems and spends his free time travelling and scuba diving around the world.
Please note that the Expedition Team is subject to change and cancellation.
CHRISTIAN WALTER Historian
Swiss-born and German- bred, Christian travelled extensively in Chile and studied Easter Island’s
petroglyphs. An anthropology, archaeology, history and art expert, he specialises in exploration history and Pacific Island art.
KARA WELLER Expedition Leader and Biologist Kara grew up watching Alaskan moose and bears. Her research — from
mouflon sheep to Bering Sea whales — for universities and US National Parks complements her extensive ecotourism experience. Much of her work has focused on the Polar Regions.
ISRAEL MATA ZAVALA Naturalist Guide Galápagos
As part of the fifth generation of a traditional Galapageño family from San Cristobal Island, Israel’s heart belongs to
Galápagos and is keen to convey the importance of conservation in this exceptional area. His hobbies include hiking and astronomy.
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