Capturing the Moment

  Over the last fifty days I have been implementing an expedition style program on one of Silversea's classic fleet ships called the Silver Muse. It can hold around 600 passengers and is far and away the largest ship I've ever worked on. Figuring out the logistics of where the expedition equipment would go, like all of the zodiacs and kayaks, and other gear was only one of the many challenges that my team and I faced with this assignment.    Now that we are all packed up and can relish in the success I can finally look back at the few times I did get off the ship for some pretty fabulous adventures in Alaska. When the ship was in port, and not all the expedition team was needed for our excursions, I would try to send the team out as escorts on shore based trips. This was one of my favorites.   On one rainy day in Juneau I watched the poor shore concierge team as flight after flight of sightseeing helicopters postponed and outright canceled. There was a lot of...

Wilderness Discoverer next to Silver Muse in Ketchikan Putting it into perspective The Expedition Team    I recently accepted a job as expedition leader with Silversea, an ultra luxury mid size cruise ship company. With close to 1,000 destinations visited by their fleet around the world and new challenges in store I was eager to set out on this new adventure. However, I was also quite sad to be parting ways with UnCruise, who I've had so many great experiences with over the last 4+ years. Luckily some of my uncruise crew mates are coming along for the ride as well. View of the top deck Silver Muse in Tracy Arm Fjord Docked in Haines, Alaska   My first rotation with silversea starts in Tokyo, Japan and ends in Vancouver, Canada. It will encompass four voyages. The first being a transoceanic trip from Tokyo to Seward, Alaska. I flew out to meet the ship in Tokyo where for the first time ever I was greeted by an agent before even going thru cu...