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Historians
Historians
There’s the archeologist who spent 16 years directing the excavation of a Viking site in Norway. The traveling professor spending the summer in antiquity sharing sites of ancient Greek commerce. Or the writer who just finished another book on the conquest of the Caribbean.
Lindblad Expeditions staffs explorations of cultural capitals with talented historians who are passionate about sharing the places and people they’ve dedicated their lives to studying. They bring to life regions guests explore by sharing the lore, legends, and a running dialog of on-the-spot commentary. It adds context to every journey, and turns what would otherwise be a string of intriguing days into a holistic narrative that takes guests through time and shows them how and why things are the way they are.
Even in areas as wild as Antarctica and the Arctic, the historical prospective they provide gives a framework to consider mankind’s relationship to both poles today. And combined with the tools for exploration, they give guests an enduring picture of each region. For example, it’s one thing to hear that French explore Jean-BaptisteCharcot brought hundreds of cases of wine with him on his exploratory journey to Antarctica. It’s another to hear it, and then look up at a video monitor to see a video shot beneath the bow of the ship that shows a pile of 100-year-old bottles tossed over the side by Charcot’s crew.
There’s the archeologist who spent 16 years directing the excavation of a Viking site in Norway. The traveling professor spending the summer in antiquity sharing sites of ancient Greek commerce. Or the writer who just finished another book on the conquest of the Caribbean. ...
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Meet our Historians
Historian
Gerard Baker
Gerard Baker is a BBC presenter and documentary maker, having made more than 30 radio and television documentaries in the past 25 years from Antarctica to the Himalaya. A renowned author, Gerard has published 15 books on subjects as wide as beekeeping to books for the Great British Bake Off. As a historian, he shares his love of the destinations we travel to with passion and clarity. As a naturalist with degrees in Botany, Zoology and Environmental Management, he also shares a love of the natural world and is well placed to interpret on shore within all the zones in which we travel. Gerard has spent more than 4000 nights on the Antarctic continent as a multiple winterer, working in logistics and conservation. When at home, he keeps bees and breeds fox red Labradors.
Historian
Tom Heffernan
Tom, a native of New York City, who has had a life-long passion for travel and exploration, is the Kenneth Curry Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and the founding Director of the university’s Humanities Center. His areas of interest are anthropology of religions and historical linguistics. Tom’s BA is from Manhattan College and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His Ph.D. studies were on Latin church histories and ancient Greek biography. Tom did post-doctoral work at Harvard University in the study of ancient manuscripts. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters LHD ( honoris causa ) from Manhattan College in 2008. Tom has taught in the U.S. and Europe. He has received numerous fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the author of sixty essays and six books. His most recent a study of the conflict between the Roman state and early Christianity, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, for which he received the prestigious Modern Language Association Prize for best Scholarly Edition for 2013. Tom has received the Alumni Outstanding Teaching Citation by the University of Tennessee, and the Alexander Prize in 2012, the most significant research and teaching award presented by the University. Tom teaches every summer at Cambridge University which also allows him access to English and European archives. He has appeared on National Public Radio and local television. Tom is married and has a daughter. He has worked with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic since 1991 and has loved every minute of it.
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