Werner Stambach

Werner Stambach specializes in expedition voyage organization and preparation. He carefully studies aspects of the natural world and the important environmental issues we all face when traveling to the distant corners of the Earth.

Bio

Werner has been involved in the cruise industry for over 30 years in various management positions. He has also been lecturing and leading natural history tours for the world’s premier cruise companies. Werner played an important role in developing the concept of adventurous journeys on polar icebreakers. He holds a record of organizing and leading two full circumnavigations both of the Arctic and the entire Antarctic continent. Over the years, he has developed a special dedication for ecotourism to some of the most remote regions of this Earth.

Expedition Experience

Werner’s career as Cruise Director and Expedition Leader aboard renowned expedition cruise ships has taken him to the Antarctic, the Arctic, the Amazon, the Indian Ocean, South-East Asia and the South Pacific. He directed more than one hundred voyages to the Antarctic Peninsula, the Ross and Weddell Sea, and the Sub-Antarctic Islands, as well as expeditions to Greenland, Spitsbergen, Alaska, the Russian and Canadian High Arctic, the North Pole, and through the historic Northwest Passage and Northeast Passage.

Environmental and Cultural Conservation

Werner’s intimate working knowledge of environmental management in the Polar Regions made him interact and work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Australian Antarctic Division, the British Antarctic Survey, Antarctica New Zealand, and the German Environmental Protection Agency, to name a few. He was honoured for his valuable contributions to the conservation of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage.

IAATO

Werner was Chairman of IAATO’s Executive Committee. Today, as Senior Advisor to IAATO, he still takes an active role in IAATO and is well versed with the inner workings of the Association.

Memberships

Werner is a member of the prestigious Explorers Club and the British Royal Geographical Society.