Our Team

The Haka Expeditions team is comprised of dedicated people with travel expertise in Antarctica, the Arctic, and Africa, who will provide the best advice for travellers to ensure that they have an experience of a lifetime. All of us have led these expeditions personally, and we pride ourselves in knowing first hand what to expect. Whether travellers choose to explore on a big cruiser, an expedition vessel, a sailing boat, an off-road truck, or to kayak, camp, or scuba dive, we will provide you with the most detailed information, the best rates, and a little added advice that comes from our personal experience.
Haka Expeditions, a lifestyle

Experience Haka

The Haka Expeditions team is comprised of dedicated people with travel expertise in Antarctica, Arctic and Africa who will provide the best advice for travelers. We wish that travelers, nature lovers, photographers and educational programs from around the world can share with us the unique experience of traveling in those amazing places.
Whether you like to travel on a big cruiser, a smaller expeditions vessel, or to undertake different adventures with options for kayaking, camping or scuba diving, please, don’t hesitate to contact us. We will provide you with the most detailed information possible.

Who we are

Sebastian was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism. He took a one-year mountain guide training course, climbing in different parts of Argentina such as Mendoza, Bariloche and Tierra del Fuego.
In 2000, he moved to Ushuaia where he became a guide in Tierra del Fuego. Concurrently, he worked on several vessels visiting sea mammals and bird colonies at the southernmost tip of South America. He sailed to many places around the world including to the Mediterranean Sea and around the mystic Cape Horn. In 2002, he moved to England, where he studied sea survival, marine radio operations (short range), and first aid, all accredited by the Royal Yachting Association.
Sebastian is specialised in polar tourism and exploration history. His first trip to Antarctica was on board a 36 ft (12 m) sailing boat; during this one-month voyage he developed skills on ice navigation he learned first hand about the Antarctic environment and natural history. He has lead many expeditions, and has also worked as assistant expedition leader, historian, and zodiac driver on board several ships.

Sebastian speaks English and Spanish.

Christian was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied tourism for three years. In 1997 he moved to Ushuaia where he worked for several airlines companies such as Aerolineas Argentinas, LAPA Lineas Aereas, and Sur Lineas Aereas, developing charter services for travel agencies and tour operators.
He also worked in different tour operators in Ushuaia, providing shore assistance for cruise ships,and also as adventure tour guide, and branch manager.In 2003 he moved to Andorra and lived there for three years, using his abilities in the department of costume services for ski resorts developing skills in ski and winter activities.

His sailing experience was acquainted while sailing in different places in the world, such as Australia, the Mediterranean Sea, and Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Christian is specialized in East Africa, where he worked leading groups in tours around Kenia, Tanzania, and Zanzibar, visiting and guiding Serengeti, Massai Mara, Selous, Mahale and Ruaha National Park, among others, Currently, Christian is a ship chandler, specializing in supplies and lodging.

Christian speaks English and Spanish.

Shoshanah Jacobs-Marine Biologist

Shoshanah was born in Ottawa, Canada. Moving to the east coast of Canada, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Biology, studying harbour seal population dynamics and completing an independent study on the shark distribution around San Salvador Island, Bahamas, while spending as much time in the water with them as possible.
Her MSc dissertation focused on the acoustic ecology of seals and the effects of aquaculture on their population distribution. She returned to Ottawa in 2001 where she earned her Doctorate on the energy dynamics of Arctic seabirds, having spent four seasons living among them on the Arctic’s rugged cliffs.
During her university career, she became politically active and has gained valuable experience in public speaking, media interviews, and fundraising.
Her fieldwork lead her to some of the most isolated areas of Canada, sparking a passion for expeditions and travel.
In 2005, she joined an Inuit owned company taking tourists on ship-based expeditions to Canada’s North. She has worked as Expedition Leader, lecturer, naturalist, and zodiac driver.
Most recently, she has been travelling in South America, learning Spanish and sailing to the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and other remote islands in the Southern Ocean, as Expedition Leader, biology guide and zodiac driver.
Shoshanah speaks English, French, and Spanish.