Global Voices

Lauren Eckert

Lauren Eckert is a conservation scientist, storyteller, and Ph.D. candidate based in British Columbia. Her work engages communities directly in conservation and supports human well-being and rights alongside ecosystem protection.

Join her aboard the Sep. 1, 2025, departure of Voyage to Great Bear Rainforest: Native Culture and Wildlife in the Land of the Spirit Bear; or the Oct. 19, 2024, departure of Columbia and Snake Rivers Journey. 

Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a chemical biologist, conservationist, National Geographic Explorer, and award-winning artist. With her scientific-based explorative nature, she connects the micro-to-macro worlds to nourish our appreciation for biodiversity in all its magnitudes.

Join her on the Oct. 20 and 27, 2024, departures of Panama and Colombia: Exploring the Caribbean Coast; the Sep. 6, 2025, departure of Greek Isles Odyssey: Mythology, History, and Cerulean Seas; the Sep. 20, 2025, departure of Passage Through Egypt aboard Oberoi Philae; and the Nov. 8 or 15, 2025, departure of Upper Amazon aboard Delfin II. 

Greg Marshall

Greg Marshall is a marine biologist, filmmaker, and inventor of Crittercam, a system of animal-borne cameras that capture video showing the world through animals' eyes. His work has been featured in numerous films covering more than 70 species.

Join him aboard the Oct. 30 or Nov. 3, 2024, departures of Wild California Escape: Channel Islands National Park, or the Dec. 2, 2024, departure of A Southern Migration: From the Channel Islands to Baja California.

Michaela Skovranova

Australia-based photographer Michaela Skovranova specializes in nature and underwater photography. Her work has focused on capturing environmental stories in extreme environments—from photographing the Great Barrier Reef and capturing the remote wilderness and diverse wildlife of the Kimberley to documenting the annual humpback whale migration in Tonga and exploring the underwater worlds of Antarctica.

Join her on the Dec. 3, 2024, departure of Southern Odyssey: New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands or the Dec. 21, 2024, departure of Roots of the Pacific: Exploring New Zealand and Melanesia.

Jill Tiefenthaler

As chief executive officer at the National Geographic Society, Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler oversees the development and implementation of the Society’s mission-driven work and programmatic agenda. She leads our global community of Explorers: scientists, innovators, educators, and storytellers—in our mission to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. 

Join her aboard the Dec. 22, 2024, departure of Journey to Antarctica: the White Continent.

Chris Rainier

Chris Rainier is a documentary photographer whose life's mission is to put on film both the remaining natural wilderness and Indigenous cultures around the globe, and to use images to create social change. He is a Fellow at the Royal Geographic Society in the UK and won the prestigious Lowell Thomas award given by The Explorers Club. He has served as a contributing editor for National Geographic Traveler magazine, a contributing photographer for National Geographic Adventure magazine, and a correspondent on photography for NPR.

Join him aboard the Mar. 1, 2025, departure of Passage Through Egypt and the Feb. 10, 2026, departure of Antarctica and Patagonia: Legendary Ice and Epic Fjords.

Massimo Bassano

Cultural expert and photojournalist Massimo Bassano has worked for National Geographic since 1990, as well as for numerous worldwide publications. He brings with him all the warmth, curiosity, culture, and history that you find in Southern Italy, more specifically from Calabria, where he was born.

Join him on the Aug. 9, 2025, departure of Ancient Mediterranean Odyssey: Exploring Greece, Croatia, and Albania; and the Aug. 16 and 23, 2025, departures of Treasures of the Adriatic: Croatia's Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro.

Krista Rossow

Krista Rossow began her career as a photography editor at National Geographic Traveler magazine. She has shot feature stories as a contributing photographer for Traveler in Japan, South Africa, Morocco, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and various U.S. cities. She regularly judges Instagram contests for @NatGeogTravel and edits photos for National Geographic Books.

Join her on the Sep. 22, 2024, departure of Exploring Indonesia: Bali, Raja Ampat, and Papua New Guinea; the Nov. 29, 2024, departure of Galápagos Aboard National Geographic Endeavour II; the Apr. 18, 2025, departure of Islands of the Azores: Basalt Peaks to Volcanic Vineyards; and the Sep. 23, 2025, departure of Crossroads of the Ancient World: Exploring Greece and Turkey.

Rich Reid

Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Rich Reid has specialized in environmental and adventure photography for over two decades. North American Nature Photography Association elected Rich as a Fellow for his significant contributions to the nature photography industry, and he was a finalist for the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his time-lapse video documenting forest fire ecology. 

Join him aboard the Nov. 27 or Dec. 7, 2025, departure of Journey To Antarctica: The White Continent.  

Jennifer Hayes and David Doubilet

Underwater photographers David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes are married partners who work together as a team to produce National Geographic stories from equatorial coral reefs to beneath the polar ice.

Join them on the Jan. 11, 2025, departure of Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands; the Jun. 7, 2025, departure of Svalbard: In Search of Iconic Arctic Wildlife; the Jun. 14, 2025, departure of Norwegian Discovery: Svalbard and the Northern Fjords; the Aug. 4, 2025, departure of Northwest Passage: Greenland to Alaska; or the Jan. 26, 2026, departure of Antarctica and Patagonia: Legendary Ice and Epic Fjords.

Jeff Mauritzen

Jeff Mauritzen's assignments and adventures have immersed him in vivid landscapes on all seven continents and in more than 60 countries around the world. Whether photographing penguin antics in Antarctica or komodo dragons in Indonesia, Jeff’s work expresses an unwavering passion, respect, curiosity, and awe for the natural world.

Join him on the Nov. 3, 2024, departure of Coastal New Zealand: Scenic Fjords, Māori History, and Abundant Wildlife; the Feb. 18, 2025, departure of Ancient Polynesia: Tuamotus and Marquesas Islands; the Jun. 24, 2025, departure of Svalbard, Iceland, and Greenland's East Coast; the Aug. 15, 2025, departure of Treasures of the Adriatic: Croatia's Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro; and the Nov. 19, 2025, departure of Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands.

Ralph Lee Hopkins

Ralph Lee Hopkins is a popular photo instructor and geologist who also serves as a National Geographic Photography Expert aboard the National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions fleet. His wildlife images have appeared in National Geographic's books, magazines, and online galleries, and are represented in the National Geographic Image Collection.

Join him aboard the Dec. 30, 2024, or Jan. 9, 2025, departures of Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent.

Camille Seaman

Camille Seaman has spent the last two decades documenting the rapidly changing landscapes of Earth's polar regions. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Outside, TIME, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, and American Photo, among other outlets. She leads photographic workshops all over the globe and enjoys inspiring others to develop a unique visual voice.

Join her on the Apr. 29, 2025, departure of Svalbard in Spring: Polar Bears, Arctic Light, and Epic Ice; the Jul. 1, 2025, departure of Fire and Ice: An 8-Day Sail Around Iceland; or the Jul. 9, 2025, departure of Iceland's Wild West Coast to East Greenland.

Susan Seubert

Award-winning travel and editorial photographer Susan Seubert has photographed more than 30 feature stories for National Geographic Traveler. Her subjects range from Canada to the Caribbean and Texas to Thailand and beyond. She travels throughout the world shooting a variety of subjects and capturing a sense of place through her wide-ranging imagery. Susan's in-depth knowledge of digital technologies and her multimedia skills keep her at the cutting edge of visual storytelling.

Join her on the Jan. 19, 2025, departure of Sailing the Caribbean aboard Sea Cloud and the Jun. 28, 2025, departure of Ancient Mediterranean Odyssey: Exploring Greece, Croatia, and Albania. 

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More than 30 National Geographic Photography Experts are traveling on National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions voyages in 2024 and 2025. View the full directory below. 

Tua Pittman

Internationally acclaimed as a traditional master navigator, Tua Pittman has navigated canoes from the coastlines of Asia through to the shores of the Americas for more than 30 years, without the use of modern instruments. He is a respected chieftain of his island homeland, a dancer, drummer, athlete, and gifted speaker.

Join him on multiple upcoming 2024 and 2025 departures in the South Pacific, Iceland, and Asia.

Peter Hillary

Peter Hillary is the son of Sir Edmund Hillary, who was the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay in 1953. He is the first second-generation to climb Mount Everest, he has climbed the Seven Summits (the highest mountain on each of the seven continents), and he has been on more than 40 mountaineering expeditions around the world.

Join him on the Oct. 30, 2024, departure of Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands and the Dec. 3, 2024, departure of Southern Odyssey: New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands.

Mensun Bound

Born in the Falkland Islands, Mensun Bound was 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, and was Director of Exploration for the search mission that located the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance. 

Join him aboard the Oct. 30, 2025, departure of Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands.

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland, chair of The Elders, and the former UN special envoy on climate change, Mary Robinson is one of the world’s most respected advocates for climate justice. Her new book, Climate Justice, has received praise from former world leaders and the environmental and human rights community. 

Join her on the May 2 & May 13, 2025, departures of Ancient Isles: England, Ireland, and Scotland.

Ian W. Toll

Ian W. Toll is a writer and independent scholar. He is the author of several highly-regarded works of military history: Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the US Navy, and The Pacific War Trilogy, a three-volume history of the war in the Pacific.

Join him on the Oct. 9, 2024, departure of Roots of the Pacific: Exploring New Zealand and Melanesia.

Mark Oldman

Named "one of the wine world's great showmen" by The New York Times, Mark Oldman is known for his singular ability to unravel wine’s complexities with a potent blend of entertainment, style, and humor. Author of three award-winning wine books, Mark is one of the country’s leading culinary speakers and a perennial favorite at the nation’s top food festivals. Mark is famous for his ability to deliver “winespeak without the geek” (Bon Appétit).

Join him on the Oct. 12 and 19, 2024, departures of Columbia and Snake Rivers: Food, Wine and History.

David Allen Sibley

David Allen Sibley is the author and illustrator of the series of successful guides to nature that bear his name, including the New York Times bestseller The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has contributed art and articles to numerous publications and wrote and illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. 

Join him aboard the Nov. 19, 2024, departure of Antarctica Direct: Sail and Fly the Drake Passage. 

David Pogue

The go-to expert on disruptive tech and science in a fast-changing world, David Pogue is a New York Times bestselling author, beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, NOVA host on PBS and New York Times contributor. 

Join him aboard the Jan. 9, 2025, departure of Journey to Antarctica: the White Continent. 

Dr. Ted Scambos

Dr. Ted Scambos is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has specialized in using satellite data of the polar ice caps to map these regions in new ways, and in studying the effects of climate change in Antarctica. 

Join him aboard the Nov. 26, 2024, departure of Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage. 

Dr. Robert Bindschadler

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 is 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. 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.

Join him aboard the Dec. 1, 2024, departure of Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage.

Tara Sweeney

Tara Sweeney is a field geologist and planetary scientist. She recently served as an Antarctic Field Scientist for the United States National Science Foundation and the United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council partnership in the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC).

Join her aboard the Dec. 8, 2024, departure of Antarctica Direct: Sail and Fly the Drake Passage.