National Geographic Live

2011/2012 Speaker Series

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Mattias Klum

Wednesday / November 9 / 7:30 p.m.

Take an awe-inspiring journey around the world with one of the planet’s most important natural history photographers and one of Nat Geo Live’s most highly acclaimed speakers: Mattias Klum. Explore the Okavango Delta, Iceland’s glaciers, and the rainforests of Southeast Asia. See the world through Klum’s lens showing extraordinary images of rich biodiversity that earned him a medal from the King of Sweden and the title of 2009 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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Roz Savage

Wednesday / February 8, 2012 / 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy an evening of dramatic stories and jaw-dropping videos shot on the high seas by eco-adventurer Roz Savage. Meet the inspiring explorer who gave up the security of an office job to pursue her dream of rowing the world’s oceans. In 2005, after 11 years in business, Savage dropped everything and, with only a few years of crew experience, became the first solo woman ever to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race. Since then, she has rowed more than 11,000 miles with 3.5 million oar strokes and has spent nearly a year of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat.

Savage has rowed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and this year will complete a journey across the Indian Ocean before appearing before Arizona audiences to tell her latest story!

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Brian Skerry

Wednesday / March 5, 2012 / 7:30 p.m.

Voyage across the oceans with one of National Geographic’s most seasoned photographers and discover a vast, hidden world beneath the waves. Brian Skerry has spent more than 10,000 hours under water telling the oceans’ stories with his camera. His images celebrate the mystery of the depths, and offer portraits of creatures so intimate they sometimes appear to have been shot in a studio. Skerry dives eight months of the year, often in extreme conditions beneath Arctic ice or in predator-infested waters, and has even lived at the bottom of the sea to get close to his subjects.

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Michael Davie

Wednesday / March 21, 2012 / 7:30 p.m.

Join Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Michael Davie as he shares dramatic and uplifting stories from Africa, a continent often misrepresented in the news media. Born in Zimbabwe, Davie chronicles the lives of common people caught in the crosscurrents of political, cultural and environmental change. Enriching his presentation with tales of adventure, extraordinary personal encounters, and riveting film clips, Davie gives voice to an Africa we rarely see. His recent work for Ripple Effect Images, a team of photojournalists documenting aid programs, has helped empower women in emerging nations around the world.

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