Jon Bowermaster
An oceans expert, award-winning journalist, author, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon Bowermaster is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. His renowned OCEANS 8 project took him on a series of sea kayak expeditions, reaching some of the world’s most remote and rarely seen locations. He has traveled with Arctic explorer Will Steger, his final OCEANS 8 expedition to the Larsen Ice Shelf. Having traveled to more than 80 countries and seen the effects of climate change first hand, he is an avid environmentalist, pairing his passion for the outdoors with the need to protect it.