Newton began his expedition profession as a Wilderness Information in Denali Nationwide Park in Alaska in 2001

The world’s largest and main expedition cruise line has signed on expedition professional Alastair Newton to construct the world’s most sustainable and academic next-level expedition cruises.

Newton is the brand new Director of Expedition Operations of Hurtigruten Expeditions.

A youthful veteran of the Expedition Cruise business, Alastair Newton (45) has over the past plus 20 years led over 150 expeditions, labored on 15 totally different ships, and explored greater than 100 international locations. He has spent 15 years working as an expedition chief in Alaska, all the Pacific, and Antarctica, and has completed a number of visits to the North Pole. Newton is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and holds a personal pilot’s license.

“Alastair’s unimaginable expertise from expeditions within the Arctic, Antarctica, Alaska, the Pacific and in all of the thrilling waters in between, units us on monitor to appreciate our ambitions to be the world chief in sustainable expeditions on all of the world’s oceans,” mentioned Hurtigruten Expeditions’ SVP Operations, Iain McNeill.

Science, sustainability and tremendous groups

Having studied Arctic Biology on the College of Alaska in Fairbanks, Newton began his expedition profession as a Wilderness Information in Denali Nationwide Park in Alaska in 2001. He has labored in corporations similar to Cruise West, Polar Star, Orion, Lindblad, TCS, Abroad Journey Journey, PONANT, Noble Caledonia.

“I received into the business from a ardour for wildlife and science training. My primary aim is to construction our international staff to additional develop the worldwide business’s main Science and Schooling program – wrapped on the planet’s most sustainable expeditions,” mentioned Alastair Newton.

The brand new Director Expedition Operations joins Hurtigruten Expeditions from Ponant the place he has labored for the final 4 years as director of the Nationwide Geographic partnership.