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GEOFF GREEN
Director and Expedition Leader
 Geoff Green is a veteran of 20 Arctic and 54 Antarctic expeditions. Green, a former schoolteacher, has spent the past decade adventuring from pole to pole and has earned an acclaimed international reputation as a leader of expeditions to some of the most spectacular and remote regions on Earth.
Geoff has led expeditions for such groups as the Discovery Channel, World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, and the American Museum of Natural History, National Audubon, the California Academy of Sciences, Stanford University, Mountain Travel-Sobek, and the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences. In doing so, he has been able to share with people of all ages, his enthusiasm for, and vast knowledge of, some of the world's most incredible places. Geoff serves as a representative at the annual meetings for the Canadian Committee for Antarctic Research and the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.
When not leading expeditions, Geoff conducts a popular educational speaking series for both students and adults, bringing his experiences as naturalist, expedition leader and explorer to thousands of people across Canada and the United States.
BARBRA SEGAL
Program Coordinator and Assistant to Expedition Leader
As graduate of Lakehead University, Barbra has received an Honors Bachelor degree in Outdoor Recreation Parks and Tourism along with a double degree in Geography. Her honors thesis focused on the development of Eco-tourism in the Family Islands of the Bahamas. Her passion for learning in alternative settings, lead her to study the Montessori Method of Education followed by four years of teaching. With a strong passion for the outdoors, traveling, adventure and learning in alternative settings she left he teaching career to join the Students on Ice Team. Since then she has traveled to the Arctic and twice to Antarctic.
Barbra was also a member of the Sir Alexander Bicentennial Canada Sea to Sea Expedition, where she paddled over 4,000 km in a Voyageur Canoe from Lachine, Quebec to Lake Winnipeg re-enacting part of Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage across Canada. Barb has spent many an hour riding her bike from the Queen Charlotte Islands of B.C. Canada to the tip of Baja, Mexico, only to find herself two years later cycling around the North and South Island of New Zealand.
DR. RICK MORRIS
Expedition Doctor
Rick originally trained as a marine biologist but went on to study medicine at McMaster University. Rick has been practicing emergency medicine in Calgary for the last 3 years. He has extensive experience in critical care medicine, air rescue medicine, acute trauma care as well as the myriad of other clinical problems that present on a daily basis to emergency departments across Canada. Rick's interests include hiking, snowboarding, scuba diving and many other outdoor activities.
DAVID R. GRAY
Arctic Biologist and Historian
BSc. University of Victoria 1967, PhD. University of Alberta 1973
An arctic biologist and historian, David Gray has studied birds and mammals in Canada's High Arctic since 1968. Formerly a research scientist with the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN), he has made over 30 research trips to the arctic islands, studying the behaviour of musk oxen, arctic hare, and red-throated loons. As an independent researcher since 1994, he has prepared reports on Peary caribou, arctic wolves, the cultural and natural resources of three northern national parks, and the historic places of Nunavut.
He has written two books on arctic subjects (The Muskoxen of Polar Bear Pass and Alert: Beyond the Inuit Lands) and completed a Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit on the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918. David worked on a number of arctic films and museum exhibits for CMN, and is a Research Associate at both CMC and CMN. David has travelled to several arctic communities to interview Elders in relation to his research on arctic wildlife and history. He is at present working on a virtual museum exhibit on the Arctic Hare.
ERIC MATTSON
Chair of the Geography/Geology Department at Nipissing University, Director of the Nipissing Environmental Research Centre and an Adjunct Professor with the Cold Regions Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Eric Mattson has been conducting glaciological research for the past 20 years. Most of his research has been conducted on glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the Saint Elias Mountains in Yukon Territory, and the Himalayan Mountain Range. Dr. Mattson's main research interest revolves around energy balance studies (small scale and large scale), and research into variations in glacier volume to determine past, present and future trends in glacier size and melt water production. Other research involvements include snowmelt modeling in North-eastern Ontario, debris flow activity in Banff National Park, and island biogeography in Massasauga Provincial Park.
INGRID BAJEWSKY
Geography and Geology Teacher at Nipissing University
Ingrid Bajewsky currently teaches physical geography and geology courses in the Geography/Geology Department at Nipissing University. She has taught a variety of courses including general geology, natural hazards, geomorphology, and paleoclimatology and climate change. Her research interests however, lie specifically in the area of glacial hydrology, with a particular interest in rock glaciers. She has conducted glaciological research in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Saint Elias Mountains in Yukon Territory.
Ms. Bajewsky's commitment to helping university students attain their goals led her into also team-teaching a unique course at the university entitled University Success. She holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in Physical Geography, and a Bachelor of Education. During her career Ms. Bajewsky has also held positions as an environmental consultant and a substitute teacher. |
