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		Barney Broom Author & Film Director

Coming from:		Blakeney, Norfolk UK

Barney Broom works in the film industry. As a writer/director he has won awards for his work having made commercials, documentaries for both TV and cinema. In 2002/03 Barney was involved in the Borobudur Ship Expedition sailing a replica vessel across the Indian Ocean in the wake of 8th century Indonesian migration to Africa. The documentary produced entitled Braving the Cape was sold to Discovery. His first novel Haute Cuisine was recently published, with a second book Podric Moon and the Corsican Tyrant due out next year. He is a member of BAFTA and the Director’s Guild of Great Britain.


		Peter Carney History of Polar Exploration

Coming from:		Hastings, East Sussex UK

Peter Carney specialises in the history of Polar exploration of the Victorian era, focussing particularly on the Royal Navy's search for the North-West passage and the ill-fated Franklin expedition of 1845. He writes a blog "Erebus and Terror files" and has authored and contributed to scientific papers on the modifications to the polar ships and the question of lead poisoning from tinned food. He has lectured to audiences in Britain, Ireland, the USA, and Canada where he was recently made a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.


		Dr Marco Carnovale Travel Destinations & World Affairs Ph.D. in International Relations, travel/wine author/photographer

Coming from:		Forum Magnum Square, London UK

Marco started traveling when he was very young and learned to SCUBA dive at sixteen. He graduated cum laude in international relations at Georgetown University and earned a Ph.D. in strategic studies at M.I.T. in 1989. Later he worked in Brussels at NATO’s Headquarters focussing on Russia and Ukraine. Now an avid traveller and prolific blogger and author, Marco provides a series of talks on World Affairs, Adventure and Destinations. He also presents talks with his underwater photographs of marine life and historical wrecks. Marco is also a wine sommelier.


		Dr Graeme Chesters History of Peace & Conflict \| Photography

Coming from:		Carnforth, Lancashire UK

Dr Graeme Chesters is a former Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Rotary Centre, University of Bradford, UK. The world's leading centre for the study of Peace and Conflict. Graeme was nominated for a Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and for a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Graeme is also a multi-award winning and internationally exhibited photographer whose work documenting the High Arctic and its peoples (Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard) led him to be invited as Artist in Residence at the Spitsbergen Artist Centre, on Svalbard in 2022.


		Craig Connors History, Culture, Special Interest and Storytelling

Coming from:		San Diego, CA USA

Craig brings fascinating people, places, and events to life. His captivating stories take audiences on a journey into the history, extraordinary lives, and culture of the places they are visiting. Craig’s talks are designed with one goal in mind; to enrich and entertain guests on their voyage. He has spoken and performed for conferences, seminars, TV, stage, and podcasts. He enjoys spending time with guests both after his talks, and throughout the cruise. The greatest compliment he has received is hearing audiences discussing one of his stories long after leaving the theater.


		Catherine DeVrye Lifestyle \| Writing \| Motivation

Coming from:		Manly, NSW Australia

Best-selling author of 9 nonfiction books, translated into multiple languages, Catherine is a past winner of the Australian Executive Woman of the Year-twice voted Australian Keynote Speaker of the Year-and Speaker Hall of Fame inductee. From an orphanage in Canada-to an MSc in the USA-to a university lecturer before postings as an IBM executive to Japan & Hong Kong, she has spoken professionally to educate and entertain diverse audiences in 30+ countries, plus cruise ships. Catherine is a storyteller who has travelled to the 'ends of the earth' for exciting, fresh and relevant tales that can be tailored for your cruise demographics.


		Julian Dowdeswell Environmental & Earth Sciences, Glaciers & Polar Exploration PhD, ScD, Polar Medal from HM The Queen

Coming from:		Bristol, North Somerset UK

Professor Julian Dowdeswell is recently retired professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute in the University of Cambridge. In a career of over 40 years he has taught in the universities of Aberystwyth, Bristol and Cambridge. He has written more than 400 scientific papers and 11 books. Since retirement, Julian, and his wife Evelyn, have travelled on cruise ships in both polar regions, the Mediterranean, Norway and US/Canadian waters giving guest lectures on a wide variety of environmental science topics, and, in the Arctic and Antarctic, on glaciers and ice sheets, polar exploration and polar art.


		Dr John Freedman Global Studies Scholar and Lecturer

Coming from:		Santa Rosa, CA USA

Dr. John Freedman is a Global Studies Scholar/Lecturer and passionate world traveler with extensive experience as a designated Destination Expert for luxury educational travel programs and over 80 highly successful assignments as a featured Destination and Enrichment Lecturer on multiple cruise lines. His extensive lecture portfolio covers the most intriguing historical, biogeographic, cultural, and current affairs aspects of Asia, South Pacific/Oceania, Caribbean/Panama Canal, South America, Iberia, Atlantic & Indian Ocean crossings, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.


		Penny Goodman Earth Sciences, Geology and Geography MA (Cantab), BA OU, MPhil Polar Studies, Fellow RGS, PGCE

Coming from:		Cambridge, Cambridgeshire UK

Penny loves travel and geography. She studied Geography at the University of Cambridge and this fuelled her interest in the historical geography of South America and Middle America, as well as Polar regions. She has visited all seven continents of the world, but her first and foremost passion is for cold climates. She is an experienced and popular speaker on cruise ships and genuinely enjoys speaking to guests on board. Penny has been asked to do workshops on board ship, produce articles for inhouse cruise magazines and is a confident and knowledgeable speaker when giving bridge talks.


		Jack Hardy Destinations, History, and Marine Exploration BA-Univ. California, MS-Oregon State, PhD-Univ. of Washington

Coming from:		Portland, Oregon USA

Jack is a retired professor, historian, and underwater explorer. He has spoken on 75 different topics on more than 83 cruises around the world. His richly-illustrated talks focus on the history and culture of many popular cruise ship destinations. Also, as a diver and underwater photographer, other talks include regional marine life, ancient shipwrecks, and famous ocean explorers. He has published more than 100 research papers and several books. His research and exploration have taken him to 112 countries around the world.


		Jacki Hill-Murphy Writer & Explorer MA

Coming from:		Kilmersdon, Somerset UK

Jacki has travelled to some of the most inhospitable places on earth to re-create the journeys of daring women adventurers from the past. In tracking four valiant women who left inhibition at home and journeyed into the unknown, she pays tribute to their invincible spirits and achievements. Jacki's journeys are unique and so are her presentations. In her talks, she tells the stories of following in the footsteps of Victorian explorers Isabella Bird who travelled by yak across the Digar-La Pass in Ladakh, India; Mary Kingsley, who pioneered the route to the 13,255 summit of Mount Cameroon; and Kate Marsden who trudged from Moscow to Siberia in search of a cure for leprosy.


		Sandy Leong Historian \| Vikings \| Age of Exploration \| Tudors Far East \| Australia \| Japan \| Mediterranean \| General Interest

Coming from:		Loughborough, Leicestershire UK

Sandy Leong is a historian, with a gift for storytelling that brings history to life. As a qualified teacher, teaching in schools, colleges, and as a guest lecturer at universities, in the UK and Far East. She is married to a Malaysian and has spent time living and working in the Far East, giving her a privileged opportunity to get to know that part of the world. She is a published author, writing on personal development topics. She demonstrates her deep personal commitment to improving people’s lives through education and by bringing communities together.


		Tiiu Lukk Journalist & Naturalist Art, History, Natural History & Culture

Coming from:		Santa Monica, California USA

Tiiu has served as an enrichment lecturer and a naturalist for more than 23 years. She has visited 119 countries throughout the world and has served on 8 different cruise lines, as well as a Smithsonian Journeys Expert on both land and sea. Her career has encompassed work as a journalist, a foreign correspondent in southern Africa for ABC News and the Washington Star, as a documentary filmmaker, and an author. Tiiu’s beautifully illustrated presentations focus on the history, culture, art, architecture, and natural history of destinations, so that passengers step ashore with more understanding and knowledge of their cruise destinations.


		Stephen Marsh Wildlife and Adventure Travel

Coming from:		St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex UK

Stephen has lectured about natural history around the world since 2007, having always been fascinated by wildlife. Although marine wildlife is his speciality, his love for and knowledge of other creatures and general ecology is extensive. In 2006 when a whale swam up the Thames into London, Stephen was volunteering on the rescue and this triggered an old passion. He left three decades in advertising behind to take up the challenge of rejuvenating the whale and dolphin survey charity ORCA and created a cruise programme for the charity that led to him lecturing on cruises worldwide. An inspiring speaker, his talks are enthralling and enchanting.


		Rodney Paul Antarctic Exploration and History

Coming from:		Marchington, Staffordshire UK

Rodney has a keen interest in Antarctic history. Reading accounts of early expeditions to Antarctica was the catalyst for his desire to experience the unique region himself. He has a particular interest in Sir Ernest Shackleton and has been to many places associated with him. He has a detailed knowledge of the Heroic Age of Antarctic expeditions and shares his enthusiasm to his audiences with anecdotes and detailed accounts of the hardship the early explores endured.


		Geoff Peters Maritime Explorers and Adventurers Part year in Australia and part year in the UK

Coming from:		Southampton, Hampshire UK

Edu-tainment is the best way to describe Geoff’s speaking style, providing educational, entertaining and authoritative presentations whilst also injecting humour and personal experiences documenting his time at sea. Recently retired, Geoff and his wife Leanne have purchased a boat in the UK, cruised across the English Channel and now spend much of each year cruising the rivers, canals, and coastlines of Europe, creating their own adventures.


		Anthony Smith Art \| Photography \| Natural History \| History MA, FLS

Coming from:		Zaandam, North Holland Netherlands

Anthony Smith is a globe-trotting sculptor with a background in zoology (Cambridge). He has sailed around the world on a tall ship, stood at the Geographic North Pole, hiked mountains in Antarctica, and travelled to more than 100 countries. His bronze statues have been commissioned by institutions including the Natural History Museum of London and Oxford University, and he designed a two-pound coin for the United Kingdom. He is also an award-winning photographer whose work has been commissioned by BBC Wildlife and appeared in National Geographic publications. He has spent more than 1000 days on ships and presents lectures on Art, Photography, History & Natural History.


		David Smith Canada \| Diving \| Forensics \| Destinations \| History

Coming from:		Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada

David Smith was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 40-years having an extensive variety of duties which has taken him throughout all of Canada. He volunteered and served in two war zones in Africa and the Balkans working for the United Nations, International War Crimes Tribunal, and NATO. He is graduate of Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Police College. He served several years with RCMP Equestrian Unit having been a guest at Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth and a guest in the White House. He has been an international guest lecturer on cruise ships since 2007.


		Sue Stockdale Explorer & Adventurer MBA Entrepreneurship, MSc Quality Management

Coming from:		Swindon, Wiltshire UK

Sue Stockdale is a polar explorer and adventurer; author, and inspirational speaker who has undertaken more challenges to date than many people do in a lifetime. In 1996 she became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole, and has also participated in expeditions to Chile, Antarctica, Geographical North Pole and Greenland. In her richly inspirational presentations she combines her personal expertise as a polar explorer with her profound business knowledge, including areas like Change Management, Leadership, Motivation, Risk Management and Managing Diversity.


		Malcolm Teasdale Author, Adventurer and Enrichment Speaker

Coming from:		Destin, Florida USA

Malcolm Teasdale was born in Coventry, England and is a successful entrepreneur who now spends his time traveling to “off-the-beaten-track” places. Since retiring from the technology industry, he now travels to the more unusual destinations in the World in search of rich cultural experiences. His 4th travel book has just been published called, “Religion, Spirituality and the way of life in the Himalayas” which describes his experience in the Himalayan Kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Myanmar. Malcolm has a wide repertoire of talks on destinations, adventure and travel.


		William Thayer History, Science/Technology & World Affairs

Coming from:		San Diego, California USA

William Thayer received his BS in Math from Stanford, an MS in Aerospace Engineering from USC and an MBA from USC. He has spent 30 years in the aerospace industry in aircraft, missiles and spacecraft and 10 years in real estate/finance. Although he has a technical/financial background, history has always been his passion. He enjoys lecturing on great human accomplishments and great historical events. William enhances his historical experience by actually traveling to where history happened. He has visited all 7 continents, over 60 countries and been around the world 3 times.


		Lou Thieblemont Aviation Former Airline Pilot, Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, PA

Coming from:		Camp Hill, PA USA

Lou Thieblemont has always been fascinated by the sky. Even before graduating from New York Institute of Technology, he was working for Air France Flight Dispatch at JFK airport making computerized flight plans. After graduation, he worked for 37 years as a commercial airline pilot, first for TWA and then for American Airlines when the two carriers merged. Since his retirement Lou has been an active volunteer for a number of organisations and offers a series of talks on topics as diverse as astronomy, aviation, Antarctic exploration, optical illusions, and computer graphics.


		Marshall Ulrich Extraordinary Life Adventurer, Mountaineer, Extreme Athlete

Coming from:		Evergreen, CO USA

The author of Running on Empty, Marshall Ulrich is a versatile, world-class extreme endurance athlete: an ultrarunning icon, Seven Summits mountaineer, and competitive adventure racer. His prolific athletic career has earned him numerous wins, records, and firsts on some of the toughest courses in the world and taken him to the top of the highest mountains on every continent—all in his forties and fifties. Dubbed by Outside magazine as an Endurance King, he defies the ideas of “too far,” “too old,” and “not possible.” Revered among athletes, Marshall Ulrich is also an acclaimed speaker.


		Tony Waltham Geology & Exploration Volcanoes, Glaciers & Caves

Coming from:		Nottingham, Nottinghamshire UK

Dr Tony Waltham is a geologist who graduated from Imperial College, London, and studied in the mines of Norway for his PhD. He was then a university lecturer for many years in Nottingham, where he taught mining and civil engineers. Travel to faraway places has always taken all his free time, and the geological interest has taken him all over the world, notably to almost every country in Asia. Tony has made films for television, still manages his Geophotos picture library and is on the Editorial Board of Geology Today.


		Martin Woodward MBE Professional Diver and Marine Consultant Treasure & Commercial Deep Diving, RNLI work, Adventure Challenges,

Coming from:		Bembridge, Isle of Wight UK

Martin has been a professional diver since 1968, and is still actively diving in the UK and other locations worldwide. He was also involved with the RNLI for a total of 38 years. Martin’s diving career includes “deep saturation” diving in the North Sea, oilfields in the Persian Gulf and many other locations worldwide. His great love has always been finding shipwrecks and artefacts from under the oceans.