Maria Zuber
E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics,
Vice President for Research at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Week 1: Following Your Dreams
Rich du Moulin
Owner, Intrepid Shipping
Week 2: Marine Transportation
Dava Sobel
Author: Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter
Week 3: Equator Crossing
Prof. Kara Lavender Law
Research Professor of Oceanography
Microplastics Ocean Pollution
Sea Education Association
Week 4: Environment, Water
Capt. Yann Cariou
Captain, L’Hermione
(Replica of vessel that brought Lafayette to America)
Week 5: Invisible Places
Dr. Dan Finamore
Maritime Art Curator
Peabody Essex Museum
Week 6: Antarctica
Prof. Jan Witting
Professor of Oceanography
Oceans & Climate Science, Policy
Sea Education Association
Week 7: Climate Change
Marti Shea
(Rich’s Trainer)
President, Select Fitness
All-American, Nike Athlete
Week 8: Midpoint
Sy Montgomery, Author
Author: The Soul of an Octopus, Birdology
Week 9: Wildlife
Dr. Brien Barnewolt
(Rich’s remote doctor while at sea)
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
Week 10: Decision Making
Capt. Murray Lister
(rescued Rich off Cape Horn, 1990)
Master, All Vessels, All Tonnage, Global
Week 11: Forces of Nature
Dr. Ambrose Jearld
Fisheries Biologist
National Marine Fisheries Service
Week 12: Fisheries Depletion
Dr. Chris Fanta
(Rich’s Asthma doctor)
Pulmonary Physician
Partners’ Asthma Center (Founder)
Week 13: Teamwork and Perseverance
Scott Hamilton
President, Dooley-Intermed Foundation
Medical Expeditions to Nepal
Week 14: What I’ll Miss
Lorraine Leo
Technology Teacher
Jackson School, Newton, MA
Week 15: Defining Success