34-DAY KON TIKI ONBOARD PRESENTERS Science & Nature Dr. Jack Hardy, Historian and Underwater Explorer On board from Sept. 10 – Sept. 26 (Ft. Lauderdale – Callao/Lima, Peru) Professor Jack Hardy has taught at the American University of Beirut, Oregon State University, and Western Washington University and was a senior research scientist at Baelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the U.S. EPA. He has authored six books and many other publications. Dr. Martin Cohen, Tropical Ecologist On board from Sept. 10 – Oct. 28 (Ft. Lauderdale – Papeete, French Polynesia) For more than 30 years, Dr. Martin Cohen has worked as a tropical zoologist and wildlife commentator. He has conducted wildlife surveys and biodiversity monitoring, and researched and presented wildlife information on television, including a landmark BBC natural history series. Gerald McCormack, Naturalist On board from Oct. 3 – Nov. 26 (Easter Island – Auckland) Gerald McCormack has encyclopedic knowledge of South Pacific flora and fauna. Director/Researcher of the Natural Heritage Trust, he is the main designer and content contributor of its online Cook Islands Biodiversity Website, a database with 4,500 marine and terrestrial species. History & Perspectives Kim MacQuarrie, Emmy Winning Documentary Film-Maker On board from Sept. 10 – Sept. 27 (Ft Lauderdale – General San Martin) Kim MacQuarrie is a writer, a four-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker (The Living Edens) and an anthropologist. The author of four books on Peru, where he resided for five years, he lived with and studied the Yora, a recently contacted tribe of indigenous Amazonians. Dr. Tobias Sperlich, Cultural Anthropologist On board from Sept. 26 – Oct. 14 (Lima – Papeete) Dr. Tobias Sperlich, head of the University of Regina’s Department of Anthropology, is an expert in the evolution of the people who came to live in Polynesia—from their arrival to their modern-day successes. He has conducted fieldwork in Apia, Saoluafata and Fagaloa Bay, Samoa.
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34-DAY KON TIKI ONBOARD PRESENTERS
Science & NatureDr. Jack Hardy, Historian and Underwater ExplorerOn board from Sept. 10 – Sept. 26 (Ft. Lauderdale – Callao/Lima, Peru)Professor Jack Hardy has taught at the American University of Beirut, Oregon State University, and Western Washington University and was a senior research scientist at Battelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the U.S. EPA. He has authored six books and many other publications.
Dr. Martin Cohen, Tropical EcologistOn board from Sept. 10 – Oct. 28 (Ft. Lauderdale – Papeete, French Polynesia)For more than 30 years, Dr. Martin Cohen has worked as a tropical zoologist and wildlife commentator. He has conducted wildlife surveys and biodiversity monitoring, and researched and presented wildlife information on television, including a landmark BBC natural history series.
Gerald McCormack, NaturalistOn board from Oct. 3 – Nov. 26 (Easter Island – Auckland)Gerald McCormack has encyclopedic knowledge of South Pacific flora and fauna. Director/Researcher of the Natural Heritage Trust, he is the main designer and content contributor of its online Cook Islands Biodiversity Website, a database with 4,500 marine and terrestrial species.
History & PerspectivesKim MacQuarrie, Emmy Winning Documentary Film-Maker On board from Sept. 10 – Sept. 27 (Ft Lauderdale – General San Martin)Kim MacQuarrie is a writer, a four-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker (The Living Edens) and an anthropologist. The author of four books on Peru, where he resided for five years, he lived with and studied the Yora, a recently contacted tribe of indigenous Amazonians.
Dr. Tobias Sperlich, Cultural AnthropologistOn board from Sept. 26 – Oct. 14 (Lima – Papeete)Dr. Tobias Sperlich, head of the University of Regina’s Department of Anthropology, is an expert in the evolution of the people who came to live in Polynesia—from their arrival to their modern-day successes. He has conducted fieldwork in Apia, Saoluafata and Fagaloa Bay, Samoa.
Arts & CultureJames Grant, Easter Island ExpertOn board from Sept. 27 – Oct. 3 (General San Martin/Pisco – Easter Island)James Grant has loved Easter Island since arriving in 1996. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the locals’ unique linguistic mix of Spanish and Rapa Nui, and has presented the Tapati Rapa Nui, a local cultural festival, since 2004. He is author of a guidebook to Easter island.
Dr. Maria Fadiman, EthnobotanistOn board from Sept. 13 - Sept. 25 (Santa Marta, Colombia – Callao, Peru)Maria Fadiman is an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. She studies the relationship between people and plants—from oil exploration in the Amazon to organic coffee production in Galapagos.
Food, Wine & SpiritsSam Timoko, Chef On board from Sept. 26 – Oct. 13 (Lima – Papeete)Chef Sam Timoko has enjoyed a career spanning five continents and more than three decades. A master craftsman of the Craft Guild of Chefs UK and National President of the Cook Islands Chefs Association, he’s a culinary arts lecturer at the Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute.
Carlos Estévez, ChefOn board from Sept. 10 – Sept. 19 (Ft. Lauderdale – Puerto Caldera)With more than 15 years of culinary experience as restaurant consultant, executive chef and cooking instructor, Chef Carlos Estevez is well-versed in world cuisines. He has served as executive chef/director of Restaurant Jasmine and La Boheme Bistrot, in the Dominican Republic.
José Pablo González, ChefOn board from Sept. 19 – Sept. 22 (Puerto Caldera – Guayaquil)An honor graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Chef José Pablo Gonzalez traveled Europe in search of new flavors, ingredients and insights. He worked for legendary chef Michel Gerard at Les Prés d’Eugenie (3 Michelin stars), before returning to Costa Rica where he founded Al Mercat.
Palmiro Ocampo, ChefOn board from Sept. 22 – Sept. 25 (Guayaquil – Callao)Founder of 1087 Restaurant in Lima, Peru, Chef Palmiro Ocampo has worked in fine restaurants in Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona, Argentina and Mexico. In addition to his culinary expertise, Chef Palmiro is a strong advocate for sustainability and ending hunger and malnutrition.
