Wade Davis

Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He holds degrees in anthropology and biology and a Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He has authored a dozen books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River, The Clouded Leopard, Light at the Edge of the World and The Lost Amazon. In 2002, he received the Lowell Thomas Medal and the Lannan Foundation prize for literary nonfiction, and in 2004, he was made an honorary member of the Explorers Club, one of 20 so named in the 100-year history of the club. His many film credits include the award-winning series Light at the Edge of the World. A native of Canada, Wade has worked as a park ranger and forestry engineer and is a licensed whitewater guide. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and a remote fishing lodge in the Stikine Valley of northern British Columbia. Wade is a favorite and frequent presenter at Mountainfilm.