Robert Edwards
Growing up in the Appalachian foothills of the Garden State, Rob instinctively knew it made a lot more sense to head over the hill into the fields, forests, lakes, and streams behind his house, rather than down the road to the shopping mall in front of it. The natural world piqued the inherent curiosity in all of us and set his life course based on these questions: how does the world work, and how do we as humans fit into it? As an undergraduate it was a revelation to Rob that one could get paid to hike through clouds of mosquitoes and berry brambles just to collect a water sample, and by the completion of graduate school he had worked on a variety of ecological research projects from the Southern Appalachians to northeastern Quebec.
After moving to the western U.S., opportunities included studying the impacts of the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, crawling through mountain streams to count salmon fry, climbing the Continental Divide to elucidate air pollution effects on mountain ecosystems, and more than a decade working with projects to study the ice and ecology of Antarctica. Currently based in Montana, Rob happily combines work and play to explore interesting places wherever they can be found.
After moving to the western U.S., opportunities included studying the impacts of the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, crawling through mountain streams to count salmon fry, climbing the Continental Divide to elucidate air pollution effects on mountain ecosystems, and more than a decade working with projects to study the ice and ecology of Antarctica. Currently based in Montana, Rob happily combines work and play to explore interesting places wherever they can be found.
My upcoming expeditions
Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands
Oct 23 2024
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent
Nov 12 2024
Nov 22 2024
Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage 8-Day
Feb 10 2025
Feb 15 2025
Norway's Fjords and Arctic Svalbard
May 13 2025
May 28 2025
Iceland's Wild West Coast to East Greenland
Jul 9 2025
Iceland & Greenland: Edge of the Arctic
Jul 20 2025
Wild Alaska Escape: Haines, the Inian Islands & Tracy Arm Fjord
Aug 30 2025
Sep 4 2025