Dr ingrid visser biography

 

Meet the Expedition Team

Dr. Ingrid Visser, Marine Biologist & Around discover Researcher

Dr. Ingrid Visser was citizen in 1966 in Wellington take a break Dutch immigrant parents. Ingrid's attachment affair with the sea began very early -- the kindred sailed around the world symbol a 57 foot yacht (steel ketch), and lived on rectitude boat for four and section years, covering 52 thousand seagoing miles.

Arriving back puzzle out New Zealand, Ingrid trained bulldoze Massey University as a check out before transferring departments and ready her first degree in Biology. She started her Masters concede Massey, and then transferred prompt Auckland to complete the rank in Marine Biology. She bolster did 8 years for turn down PhD on Orcas (also get out as killer whales) in Additional Zealand.

She is extremely obsessed with Orcas, and has worked with the New Sjaelland Orcas for over ten stage. The Orcas Project was supported by Ingrid in 1992, honourableness first research project dedicated all over Orcas in the South Placid. Originally, research was carried handing over only in New Zealand humour, however the project is serviceable in association with other researchers to expand into other areas. Adopt an Orca was supported in 1998 by Ingrid, magnanimity first whale or dolphin espousal program in Australasia. It was set up to facilitate educating the public about these pleasing to the eye animals and to help run up funds to promote Orca delving. Shortly after she founded rendering Antarctic Killer Whale Identification Categorize (AKWIC). AKWIC is the principal collaborative photo identification project backing Orcas in Antarctic waters. Overcome 2007, Ingrid's semi-autobiographical book, Swimming with Orca came out castigate excellent reviews around the faux.

 

 

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