The beauty of traveling with a dynamic, diverse expedition team aboard the National Geographic-
Lindblad fl eet is that any given moment is fi lled with insights, whether you’re watching humpbacks
bubble-net feed alongside a marine biologist, wandering through prehistoric sites with a historian, or
hearing whispered advice from our photo instructor as you focus your camera lens on a polar bear. At
the helm of each team is an expedition leader—one of our greatest resources. These are people
who have dedicated their lives to research and exploration, seasoned leaders who value
fl exibility, spontaneity, and discovery; who are passionate about this wondrous planet
and eager to share its treasures. They are people like Tom Ritchie, who has led voy-
ages since 1977 and was recently featured in the October 2013 National Geographic
Traveler article on Antarctica, “The Great White Hope.”While our expedition leaders and their team ensure that your experience is
extraordinary, we also work hard to ensure that the places we visit are
preserved for generations to come. Through the Lindblad Expeditions-
National Geographic Fund, and together with our guests, we support
conservation, education, and research initiatives all around the world.
Among the projects we support are humpback and killer whale re-
search, invasive species eradication on South Georgia Island, an
English language library in Cambodia initiated by our travelers,
and numerous eff orts to address conservation and educational
priorities in the Galápagos Islands. The Grosvenor Teacher
Fellow program, administered with National Geographic
Education Programs, sends K-12 educators to the Arctic and
beyond every summer to learn about the region fi rsthand
and share their experiences with their students and com-
munities. As Coleman Eaton III, a Grosvenor Fellow in 2012,
noted, “My students don’t usually get the opportunity to leave
the state, let alone travel the world. Through me, and future teach-
ers like me, they can form new, exciting dreams of where they can go.”TMNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
AND LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS:
THE ULTIMATE EXPEDITION EXPERIENCE
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A gentoo penguin in Antarctica