Experts by Destination: Antarctica
Peter Hillary
When Peter Hillary first climbed Mount Everest in 1990, he and his father, Sir Edmund Hillary — who made the first ascent in 1953 — became the first father and son to reach the summit. He reached the summit again in 2002 on a National Geographic-sponsored ascent later featured in the film Surviving Everest... More »
Sisse Brimberg
Sisse Brimberg and Cotton Coulson, based in Denmark, are two highly experienced photographers who have also been partners in marriage for 30 years. Collectively they have photographed over 50 stories for National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Traveler during the past 32 years... More »
Jay Dickman
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jay Dickman has covered events as diverse as the war in El Salvador to the Olympics for numerous publications, including National Geographic magazine. A popular instructor and expedition leader, he has lived in a Stone Age village in Papua New Guinea, spent a week under the Arctic ice in a nuclear attack sub, and was on a boat that sank in the Amazon... More »
Kim Heacox
Writer, photographer, and conservationist Kim Heacox has lived in Alaska for 25 years and has written four books for National Geographic. He spends much of his time writing about and photographing life in earth's Arctic regions... More »
Michael Melford
National Geographic photographer Michael Melford has produced over 30 stories for National Geographic Traveler magazine, including eight covers. Some of Michael's recent assignments have focused on America's national parks, and the need to preserve them... More »
Jim Richardson
Photographer Jim Richardson has produced more than 40 stories for National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Traveler, where he is a contributing editor. Jim photographed two recent cover stories for National Geographic magazine: "The End of Night" in November 2008 and "The Good Earth: Soil" in September 2008... More »
Kevin Schafer
National Geographic photographer Kevin Schafer is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Kevin was named the 2007 Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photographers Association. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Audubon; and his books include Penguin Planet and Living Light... More »
Dan Westergren
As senior photo editor for National Geographic Traveler magazine, Dan Westergren is responsible for the magazine's photographic vision and one of the leaders of the magazine's photo workshop series. While Dan particularly enjoys cold, high places, having photographed the summits of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Blanc, and the Matterhorn for the pages of Traveler, he is equally at home in warmer climates as well... More »
