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Conservation in Focus
Our Conservation in Focus voyages—Cloud
Ridge’s “classroom afloat”—embody the true spirit of expeditionary discovery. Wherever we
travel, we explore the extraordinary beauty and
complexity of the natural world, but also learn
how global warming and other environmental
challenges are impacting the places we care
about. Whether you are interested in conservation
issues close to home or in the most remote
corners of our changing world, making a
difference requires a knowledge of natural history
and an understanding of what is at risk. Our staff
naturalists have dedicated their careers to portraying
the inherent beauty of the natural world as
well as the environmental dramas that threaten the
fragile fabric of life. If you wish to share your trip
experiences with images, our leaders can help you
master or refine those skills. After each of our
trips we’ll create a book—a visual memoir that
weaves together the group’s best images of our
shared explorations.
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Introducing the M/V Westward
.jpg) Pacific Catalyst’s M/V Westward is a Ted Geary designed
motor yacht—a wooden work of art with
a history to match! This classic 86-foot cruising
yacht was launched in 1924 as the flagship for the
Alaska Coast Hunting and Cruising Co. For
20 years, she pioneered Alaska adventure travel
and is listed on the US National Register of
Historic Places for her maritime contributions.
In Westward’s earliest years, she hosted a noteworthy
clientele that included Walt Disney,
George Eastman, E.F. Hutton and Marjorie
Merriweather Post, Paul Mellon, and celebrities
like Bing Crosby and John Wayne. She is also
an accomplished world traveler, having logged a
47,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe in the
1970s and an equally impressive circumnavigation
of the Pacific in 2007-2008. This elegant and
supremely seaworthy vessel carries 12 passengers
and a crew of 4. She is equipped with stabilizers
for rough seas, a full complement of sea kayaks, a
motorized skiff, and warm water snorkeling gear
for explorations near and far.
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