YOUR CREW ABOARD THE MV SEA WOLF
KIMBER OWEN Kimber has a variety of life experiences with people, horses and wildlife. She grew up in a hotel restaurant family learning fine restaurant skills from being a cook to handling marketing . A love for horses and a desire to better their lives led her to take a giant leap of faith of leaving the hospitality industry, furthering her education and opening an equine breeding and training facility. A bigger dream of helping people with disabilities overcome obstacles evolved into a therapeutic riding center for the disabled. She has participated in many equine and wildlife studies nurturing her love for nature and the conservation of wildlife habitat. Alaska has always been in her heart. She earned her Captain USCG 100-Ton Master in 2003. A romantic ship plying the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington showing people the wonders of nature - what better life could there be! Kimber's best buddy is BOO "THE BOAT DOG" OWEN. Boo is a Portuguese Water Dog/Lab Cross: very friendly somewhat hypo-allergenic as she has hair akin to human hair. She loves to kayak and, when home in Elfin Cove, romp on the beach playing with her fellow Alaskan Buddies. She actually gets more mail (and treats!) than the rest of us :) |
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Mike Miszerak Mike graduated from Brown University with a degree in engineering. He worked in the aerospace field and then retired to the good life on the sea. He lives with his wife Joyce in Port Townsend, WA, where in their free time they sail their boat exploring the Inside Passage. Both are committed to the slo-foods movement and partner with local fisherman supporting sustainable fisheries. Mike has single-handedly sailed from Mexico to Alaska. Mike has been on board Sea Wolf as Captain and Port Engineer since 2006. Very savvy in the ways of the sea, he brings the Sea Wolf into magical fjords and harbors where boats are seldom seen. |
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Steve Morrell: Steve grew up playing in the sand dunes of San Francisco's Sunset district, exploring Golden Gate Park, fishing at Lake Merced, and looking west to the Farallon Islands. After completing his Master's degree in Zoology at UC Santa Barbara, he spent the next 10 years studying seabirds and marine mammals on those same Farallon Islands as well as on St. Matthew Island, Alaska and Ross Island, Antarctica. Enroute to New Zealand to live, Steve was sidetracked by an offer to work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska for a summer. Captivated by the wilderness he experienced that first summer, Steve moved instead to Alaska. After 18 summers of salmon fishing (mostly in Southeast) interspersed with occasional work as a biologist, Steve realized that his favorite parts of his "fishing experience" were not fishing but rather exploring the waters and forests of Southeast and watching the wildlife and fish therein. In discussing his passion for the wilderness of Southeast Alaska and his desire to spend more time exploring it by boat, friends in the fishing industry steered him to small boat passenger charters. Says Steve, "I enjoy sharing the beauty and the powerful wildness of Southeast with our guests, and I love just WATCHING salmon. Every trip is a new adventure." Steve now lives in Mt. Shasta, California with his sweetheart, Judy, and their cat. He migrates north for the summer |
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Captain Mark Fernandez ... has been a maritime professional for over 25-years, and holds a USCG 500-Ton Master’s License. He has operated extensively in the Pacific Northwest and SE Alaska, as well as the South Pacific, Caribbean and Central America. While Mark lives & operates a Maritime Consulting Company in Ft. Lauderdale, he maintains balance in his life by returning to SE Alaska during the summer to join Kimber and her nature loving team at Sea Wolf Adventures. There is no greater satisfaction than witnessing the expression on our guests’ faces as they travel through the breathtaking splendor of Icy Straits, and being escorted by visiting gentle giants. |
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Keith Jenkins Keith has worked on both private and charter yachts for over 15 years. He has worked at all deck jobs as well as been a Chef, Engineer and Captain. He currently holds a 100 ton license and this is his 8th Alaska season. He enjoys sharing his knowledge of Glacier Bay, the wildlife and the boat with our guests.
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Linda Fitzgerald A native of New York State’s Hudson Valley area, Linda moved to Northern California in her early twenties. It was there, in the San Francisco Bay Area, her interest for creating great tasting foods was ignited. Since that time, she has owned two restaurant/catering services and presently operates a ‘Personal Chef’ business, in Northern Colorado. Linda’s passion for creating healthy, eclectic, palate pleasing meals, has given her the opportunity to cook for private and public clients in settings ranging from the ‘remote wilderness’ to the ‘fine dining’, experience. Linda Came aboard in 2008. |
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Jenny Hahn Jennifer Hahn: I'd call Jennifer a "Rennaisance Sea Kayaker." Award-winning writer, illustrator, naturalist, welder, wildharvester, writing teacher, wilderness guide, and solo kayaker -- Jennifer calls the land her second home. With 26 years of wilderness travel under hull--including her solo kayak from Ketchikan, Alaska to Bellingham, Washington over two springs and summers--Jennifer is a sought-after guide, teacher, and lecturer. Jennifer’s book “SPIRITED WATERS: SOLOING SOUTH THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE” won the "Barbara Savage MILES FROM NOWHERE Memorial Award" for an adventure narrative. She studied under Pulitzer-prize-author Annie Dillard. In 1989, she founded Elakah! Kayak Expeditions. She has led natural history and kayak trips in Washington, Canada, Alaska, Baja and the Galapagos Islands. SEATTLE TIMES/PACIFIC NORTHWEST MAGAZINE recently featured her foraging skills in an article: Wildharvest Feast: Where the Wild Things Are. She is currently writing two books. The first is about, you guessed it, wild food foraging. The second has ”something to do with adventure travel, a wanderlust childhood, and welding.” |
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Julie Williams
Julie got her start in the outdoors living in platform tents running a nature program at a camp in Texas. After earning a teaching degree in biology at the University of Texas, she became a park ranger for the National Park Service, working for fourteen seasons in Arizona, Oregon and Alaska doing jobs varying from educational interpretation around brown bears to formal programs on cruise ships. She enjoyed three years at Katmai National Park, and two years at Glacier Bay. She has been a wilderness educator and kayak guide in Southeast Alaska for the past nine years, taking people out to help them experience the wilderness in an intimate camping setting. She also guides groups observing polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba. She has spent twenty five years participating and coordinating various retreats, focusing on women, mental health, meditation, and fun. She lives in a yurt powered by a battery/solar system in a small bush Alaskan town part of the year, and travels part of the year. Julie is also a licensed Massage Therapist. When your not adventuring book an onboard or shoreside massage with Julie |
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Schyler Kline Schyler Kline will be a Senior at Concordia Lutheran High School and is involved in Spanish Club, Key Club, Cross Country, Track and Field and plays the French Horn in the Band. He visited Alaska in the summer of 2003. Additionally, Schyler has traveled to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, England, Canada, Mexico and Belize. His goals are to major in Geology and minor in Biology. Schyler has grown up around animals and enjoys being outdoors. Camping, bike riding, running and water sports are some of his favorite activities. He lives in Magnolia, Texas and returns to Sea Wolf for another season. He came aboard in 2008. |
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Ryan Bailey Born and raised in Colorado, Ryan recently graduated from University of Colorado with a major in Sociology and a minor in Political Science. He enjoys snowboarding, hiking, climbing and loves to travel. Open-minded and ready for anything, Ryan is a new addition to the Sea Wolf Crew. Future plans include attending law school with an interest in international law, and continuing to travel the world. |
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Marilyn Hailbronner Marilyn was born in England and then moved to the United States. She worked as a Paramedic for 15 years before becoming an emergency medical instructor. Over the years she has travelled extensively, enjoying the natural world and illustrating much of the wildlife she has seen. Recently she started her own art business “Wild |
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