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Eva Prendergast is a polar scientist, photographer, naturalist and marine mammal specialist \u2013 and she\u2019s bringing all of her expertise to Antarctica as one of Intrepid\u2019s on-board experts for our 2023 season. Here\u2019s what she\u2019s most looking forward to on her upcoming expeditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Prendergast has always loved the ocean. While her childhood friends were fawning over celebrities and musicians, Eva was obsessed with a bottlenose dolphin in Ireland called Fungie. She spent all her spare time reading books about the ocean and trying to figure out how she could turn her passion into a career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy school was encouraging us to be a doctor, be a lawyer, be something that society tells you to be; studying whales was definitely not one of those things,\u201d Eva (originally from the UK) says from her new home in Reykjavik, Iceland. \u201cI wanted to learn about Antarctica and the Arctic and about how to help preserve them. It took a while for me to find a path and realise this could be a career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eva completed her Masters in Polar Science and started working at some of the most prestigious universities and museums in the world. According to her, \u201cEverything came together \u2013 my love of the ocean, polar regions and whales.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days she\u2019s a polar scientist by trade, but she has also taken on a variety of roles in the expedition industry: photographer, general naturalist, marine mammal specialist, citizen science coordinator, head of science, and assistant expedition leader. And now she\u2019s getting ready to set sail again with Intrepid<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited to work with Intrepid in Antarctica on the Ocean Endeavour<\/a> in 2023,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ll be on board for the majority of the season \u2013 four months.\u201d Spending a quarter of a year at sea is not for everyone, and Eva admits the line between work and life can get a little blurred (\u201cit\u2019s not like you clock off each day\u201d), but the rewards are worth it. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a job for me,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s what I love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with whales, the ocean and the planet\u2019s polar regions, Eva\u2019s other passion is science communications, and she\u2019s looking forward to incorporating that into her Intrepid expeditions. \u201cScience communications involves sharing science with a larger audience beyond academia,\u201d she says. \u201cIt allows the general public to learn about what\u2019s often pretty complex subject matters, but in a very digestible way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And while Eva has had the privilege of visiting Antarctica a few times, she recognises the significance of the trip for her fellow travellers. \u201cFor most people, going to Antarctica is at the top of their bucket list; they\u2019ve been saving for years to go there,\u201d she says. \u201cThat energy when you\u2019re with them is unparalleled, so you want to make that experience as memorable as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a wildlife lover, one of Eva\u2019s favourite things about her job is whale spotting with passengers. \u201cWhether it’s spotting a whale in the wild for the first time or a new species they haven’t seen, sharing that in such a pristine environment as Antarctica never gets old,\u201d Eva says. And though it sounds obvious, Eva finds guests are often shocked at how \u2013 well \u2013 big whales are. \u201cHearing the audible gasps from guests when they realise the sheer scale of them is really something else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antarctica is a difficult place to travel to responsibly<\/a>, so Eva recommends doing your research before booking a trip. \u201cIt has so much to do with the tour operator you go with, and that they\u2019re aware of the local rules, regulations, and laws,\u201d she says. \u201cIntrepid\u2019s Ocean Endeavour ship is under the IAATO \u2013 the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators \u2013 so it adheres to all those guidelines of travelling in a respectful and responsible way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been umming and ahhing about whether or not to travel to Antarctica, Eva has one piece of advice: go. \u201cIt really is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and is something that you\u2019ll never regret doing,\u201d she says. \u201cIf you keep waking up thinking \u2018I really want to do this\u2019, pull the trigger and go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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