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20-year polar veteran to lead Scenic discovery team

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Kara Weller - 'Polar regions are the most precious places on our earth and I want people to care about them as much as I do and to fight to protect them'
Biologist and educator Kara Weller has been appointed discovery team leader for Scenic Eclipse.

Weller, who joins from Silversea Expeditions, holds bachelor's and master's degrees in wildlife biology and has spent the past 20 years educating cruise travelers about Antarctica and the Arctic. She has extensive experience as an expedition leader and naturalist lecturer, having worked on more than 150 cruises.

Aboard Scenic Eclipse, Weller will be responsible for managing the 16-member discovery team, facilitating Zodiac and kayak excursions, guiding onshore explorations and hosting lectures about the Antarctic and Arctic regions. She will be assisted by a group of highly experienced naturalists, including a marine biologist, glaciologist, historian, ornithologist and geologist, as well as a fisheries and underwater expert, dedicated kayaking guides and Zodiac drivers.

'Scenic Eclipse is the most incredible looking ship I have ever seen,' Weller said, adding she has worked on 15 to 20 expedition vessels in the polar regions and 'this is, by, far the most amazing ship' that's going to be there.

'You need to go to a place to see it and smell it and touch it and absorb the sounds in order to understand it and to care about it. The polar regions are to me the most precious places on our earth and I want people to care about them as much as I do and to fight to protect them,' Weller said.

Scenic Eclipe is set to enter service in August.