PLAN TO JOIN US FOR OUR PAST TO PRESENT LECTURE SERIES
Scheduled for 11:00AM Tuesdays in January and February 2023
Mark your calendar and plan to attend all 6 lectures!
MEMBERS ARE FREE!
Non-Members are welcome ~~ Lectures are included with Museum Admission
Scheduled for 11:00AM Tuesdays in January and February 2023
Mark your calendar and plan to attend all 6 lectures!
MEMBERS ARE FREE!
Non-Members are welcome ~~ Lectures are included with Museum Admission
JANUARY 10:
JACOB HENDRICKSON, First Person to Row Across the Pacific - Solo, Non-Stop, Unsupported
JACOB HENDRICKSON, First Person to Row Across the Pacific - Solo, Non-Stop, Unsupported
Jacob's love for adventure and the outdoors was cultivated during his youth as he rose through the Boy Scout program to obtain the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Jacob spent more than a decade as a military aviator. As part of military training, he became very familiar with land and water survival, and enjoyed the challenges associated with overcoming adversity.
Sensing a desire to accomplish a next-level physical challenge, his adventurous spirit led him to the goal of rowing across the Pacific Ocean. Jacob is a Guinness World Record holder for the longest solo, non-stop, and unsupported row across the Pacific.
Jacob's love for adventure and the outdoors was cultivated during his youth as he rose through the Boy Scout program to obtain the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Jacob spent more than a decade as a military aviator. As part of military training, he became very familiar with land and water survival, and enjoyed the challenges associated with overcoming adversity.
Sensing a desire to accomplish a next-level physical challenge, his adventurous spirit led him to the goal of rowing across the Pacific Ocean. Jacob is a Guinness World Record holder for the longest solo, non-stop, and unsupported row across the Pacific.
JANUARY 17:
Zachary Stocks, Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers
Zachary Stocks, Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers
Zachary Stocks is a public historian, interpreter, and the Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers. Zachary previously served as Program Director of Historical Seaport and Visitor Services Manager of Northwest African American Museum.
He is a former intern of Colonial Williamsburg and Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and a seasonal Park Ranger at Lewis & Clark National Historical Park.
He holds a BA in History from the College of William & Mary with a certificate in Public History from the National Institute for American History and Democracy, and an MA in Museology from the University of Washington. Zachary lives in Astoria.
JANUARY 24:
Kristofer Lindberg, Master Salvage Diver
Kristofer Lindberg, Master Salvage Diver
Originally hailing from the coast of Oregon, Mr. Lindberg has been involved in the marine industry for 25 years and has experience working in inland, offshore and coastal waters around the world both as a licensed captain and as a salvage master.
He has managed and supervised well over 100 emergency responses and planned projects including vessel salvage, decommissioning, wreck removals, dead ship towing and spill management.
Every response is a unique challenge from the nets of a sunk fishing vessel swaying in the water column down 250’ to an 86,000 ton oil rig grounded in the wilds of Alaska.
He has managed and supervised well over 100 emergency responses and planned projects including vessel salvage, decommissioning, wreck removals, dead ship towing and spill management.
Every response is a unique challenge from the nets of a sunk fishing vessel swaying in the water column down 250’ to an 86,000 ton oil rig grounded in the wilds of Alaska.
JANUARY 31:
Cameron La Follette, Author and Historian - 'What Happened to Oregon's Sea Otters?'
Cameron La Follette, Author and Historian - 'What Happened to Oregon's Sea Otters?'
Cameron La Follette is a historian of the Northwest coast, focusing on land use history, exploration and shipwrecks, and early commercial natural resource extraction. She is also executive director of Oregon Coast Alliance, a coastal conservation and land use protection organization.
She was the lead researcher and author of all the history articles in the 2018 Oregon Historical Quarterly special issue investigating the 17th-century Spanish galleon shipwreck on the Oregon coast. Cameron has additionally lead-authored two recent books on sustainability and ecological governance.
She was the lead researcher and author of all the history articles in the 2018 Oregon Historical Quarterly special issue investigating the 17th-century Spanish galleon shipwreck on the Oregon coast. Cameron has additionally lead-authored two recent books on sustainability and ecological governance.
FEBRUARY 7:
Morgan Heim, Wildlife Photographer
Morgan Heim, Wildlife Photographer
From trekking across the tundra to find the world’s fattest reindeer to descending beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge for cormorants, Morgan (Mo) Heim is a conservation photographer, filmmaker and adventurer focusing on the ways human-influenced environmental changes impact wildlife.
With a background in ecology and journalism, her goal is to find the beauty, humor and perseverance in stories about wildlife, and how those stories teach us about who we are and what we might become. Morgan is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, a mentor for Girls Who Click and founder of Neon Raven Story Labs, a storytelling and strategy platform for conservation. In 2020, she co-launched Her Wild Vision Initiative aimed at raising the voices of diverse women in the craft of conservation visual storytelling. Her work appears in outlets such as Audubon, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Newsweek and The New York Times.
She lives in Astoria, Oregon, where the waves are big, the mountains close, and the weather not nearly as bad as everyone thinks it is.
FEBRUARY 14:
Samantha Steerman, First Female Dispatcher for Columbia Bar Pilots
Samantha Steerman, First Female Dispatcher for Columbia Bar Pilots
Samantha Steerman comes from a long line of Oregonians who have been enchanted by the Oregon/Washington coastal areas. She is fascinated by all facets of history involving the mouth of the Columbia River.
She has a degree in Anthropology from Portland State University, has volunteered for Knappton Cove Heritage Center since 2009, and has worked in the local maritime industry since 2013.
Samantha Steerman comes from a long line of Oregonians who have been enchanted by the Oregon/Washington coastal areas. She is fascinated by all facets of history involving the mouth of the Columbia River.
She has a degree in Anthropology from Portland State University, has volunteered for Knappton Cove Heritage Center since 2009, and has worked in the local maritime industry since 2013.
