MELISSA SCHÄFER PHOTOGRAPHER & EXPEDITION GUIDE From her early childhood days in Hamburg, Germany, Melissa has viewed the world through her camera lens. With a back- ground in creative and portrait photography she has always had a unique eye for the surroundings. A deep love for the Arctic and polar bears as well as a strong commitment to nature and the environment is a foundation for all her work. In 2020 Melissa and Fredrik published their award winning, best selling book “Polar Tales” worldwide in English. It has also been published in German as “Das Königreich der Eisbären”, Swedish as “Bortom isbjörnens rike” and Chinese. Melissa is the founder and editor in chief of the “Mother” magazine, which launched in 2023 and since then has been distributed in 55 countries. She has been published by The New York Times, National Geographic, GEO and many others. Melissa and Fredrik live outside Stockholm, Sweden with their two dogs, Nanuk and Pingo, who is an adopted sled dog from Svalbard.
LIANNA NIXON EDUCATOR & EXPEDITION GUIDE Lianna is an award-winning conservation storyteller, environmental science educator, photographer and experienced expedition leader and guide. Her work explores how storytelling impacts learning about climate science and intersectional environmentalism. Today she works for Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) to help scientists communicate their work to the public. Lianna’s work has been published in magazines such as GEO, CBS, ABC, Stern, Nature, PM, and many academic journals. Lianna also worked at the MOSAiC expedition, drifting through the North Pole pack-ice for months, studying the changing sea ice. She is specialised in the Arctic region and has vast experience of working around Alaska and Svalbard. She has worked as expedition leader and guide on many expeditions around the Arctic, in Alaska, Greenland and on Svalbard since 2017. Lianna and her husband Casey live in Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A. with their dogs Maya and Ace.
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