Bill Burgel is a geologist and oceanographer as well as a member of the Geological Society of America. He has studied in the Midwest, Intermountain-West, Pacific Northwest and Italy. He also has a background in the railroad industry. His grasp of geological principles is always updating as the science of geology is constantly changing and adapting as we learn new things about the earth.

An accomplished speaker, Bill gives presentations to audiences large and small throughout the US on topics such as travelogues, geology and railroads

He is knowledgeable about geologic trends around the world and can quickly prepare a lecture for the geology of the various destinations visited on the ship’s itinerary.

1. Volcanoes and Italy
2. Volcanoes and Central America
3. The History of Plate Tectonics
4. The Synergy between the Development of the Railroad Industry and the Growth of the Science of Geology
5. Geology and Travelogue along 500-miles of the Columba River
6. The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami in Indonesia
7. The Recent Double Earthquake in Turkey
8. The 2022 Hunga-Tonga Eruption - Greatest Eruption in Recent Years?
9. The Asteroid Impact and the Extinction of Dinosaurs
10. Mega-Floods throughout the World
11. How Civilization is Learning to Live with Earthquake Risk
12. Earthquake Preparedness
13. Missoula Mega-Flood
14. The Columbia River Gorge- Geology & Travelogue.
15. When Yellowstone was in Oregon
16. Railroads in Alaska
17. Building of our Nation's Railroad System
18. Alaskan Fauna

The following recent Cruise History has been recorded for this candidate.