We are delighted to have Monika join our expedition South she will be an amazing addition to our team of experts on board.
Monika Schillat has been involved in the cruise industry since 1993.
She has been lecturing and guiding as historian and naturalist for various companies dedicated to ecotourism in some of the most remote regions of this earth, such as North-West Passage, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Chilean Fjords and the White Continent.
For the last four years Monika has mainly travelled as Expedition Leader to the Antarctic, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands and South Georgia. Originally from Germany, Monika emigrated to South America in 1989.
She is a resident of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina where she lectures on Latin American History at the Patagonian National University “San Juan Bosco”. Her specialty is Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the South Atlantic Islands.
In addition to fieldwork, she is a published historian. Her works include several books on the history of Tierra del Fuego and the South Atlantic Islands as well as a couple of travel guides, an essay book on Antarctica and an Antarctic Bestiary with her personal watercolour sketches.
