Visual Journal - Greenland's Disko Bay V13

What Makes an Expedition Guide?
Brian Seenan, Lecturer (Geology) & Expedition Guide
A good expedition guide wants you to enjoy as much as of your
destination as possible. You’ve chosen it carefully and you’re
hungry for information: what do penguins eat, what kind of bird
is that, is that a volcano, why are beluga whales white, does the
sea go all the way around that island? So, we’d better be ready.
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We each have a personal style and
specialization, but one thing unites us all:
our curiosity for the natural world.
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We find it so fascinating, we do it for a job. If we’re not guiding,
you’ll find us checking out new and interesting places and
things. Every day, we look forward to learning something new,
like how people lived 5,000 years ago or how seals can delay
gestation, so they only return to shore once to give birth and
mate. This kind of thing fascinates us all.
We want to share this stuff with you, so expect us to be
enthusiastic. We’ll fess up if we don’t know every answer, but
we’ll aim to find it – we don’t like uncertainty any more than
you. We enjoy being with people, and talking about what we
see and feel, even if it’s 2 o C below, with a biting wind.
We take care of you, but not like your mom, and we make sure
you don’t fall out of the Zodiac trying to get a perfect shot of a
puffin. We take courses to drive our Zodiacs well. We learn first
aid, so we can handle the unexpected.
© Renato Granieri Photography
More than anything, we want you to enjoy your adventure.
Everything is there in front of you - the scenery, the wildlife, the
plants and the geology; as guides, we hope we bring them to
life for you.
© Gaby Pilson
© Gaby Pilson © Gaby Pilson
23-28 August, 2019 Volume 1, Issue 13