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. This will be Mike's second year on the Sea Wolf as Captain and Port Engineer. 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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Donald grew up in the mountains of British Columbia where his love of the outdoors and a sense of adventure flourished. His education as a Mechanical Engineer passed from industry to ships and flying airplanes to the ships' bridge as do many Commercial Airplane Captains become ships' Captains. His first commissions as a seaman was on wooden fishing boats in Alaska and after many years in the Merchant Marine as a Master Mariner he is returning to his roots in Southeast Alaska and the coastal mountains. Donald is retained occasionally as an Offshore Specialists for the largest oil company in Spain in matters of environmental cleanup, and serves on an adviser board for the European Commission in Brussels as an Expert in Transportation. Donald has family on both sides of the "pond" and loves to travel. |
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| Sarah Betcher Sarah grew up in Seattle Washington, taking the summers in high school and college to explore the outdoors in Washington, Colorado, Montana, and Alaska. Sarah has gained a lot of experience working in environmental fields for the past seven years. Her first job as a naturalist was in Montana, leading nature walks. She then discovered the amazement of Alaska by living on an eco-tourism boat and for an on land company, also as a naturalist. She spends her free time doing anything that involves the outdoors including kayaking, cycling, hiking, rock and ice climbing, and geeking out on plant identification. She also loves to travel to exotic places and has explored Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Guatemala. The only time indoors Sarah spends in her off season free time is taking dance classes and performing. She is happy to return to Alaska for the third season and to her favorite place on earth; Glacier Bay. |
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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. |
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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. |
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ENGINEERS Wayne Biggness |
