Experts by Last Name: W
Lech Walesa
From electrician to labor leader to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to elected President of Poland, Lech Walesa was a key player in Poland's transition from communism. In 1980, he led the 10 million-member Solidarity labor movement, engaging workers in the struggle for human rights... More »
Spencer Wells
Geneticist, anthropologist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells has analyzed the DNA of thousands of people living in isolated tribes around the world. He leads the Genographic Project, a multi-year endeavor to chart the journey of our early ancestors as they populated the planet... More »
Dan Westergren
As senior photo editor for National Geographic Traveler, Dan Westergren is responsible for the magazine's photographic vision and one of the leaders of the magazine's photo workshop series. While Dan particularly enjoys cold, high places—having photographed the summits of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Blanc, and the Matterhorn for the pages of Traveler—he is equally at home in warmer climates... More »
Nevada Wier
Award-winning photographer Nevada Wier specializes in the remote corners of the globe and the cultures that inhabit them. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, and Smithsonian... More »
Simon Winchester
Best-selling author of Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, and The Fracture Zone, Simon Winchester studied geology at Oxford. He has written about the Amur River for National Geographic magazine, the South Pacific for a National Geographic book, and a voyage on a Russian tramp steamer from Antarctica to England for National Geographic Adventure... More »
David Wright
Filmmaker David Wright shot exclusively in Svalbard for more than two years to make the National Geographic film Realm of the Great White Bear, which follows a family of polar bears during a long Arctic odyssey. The project won an Emmy for Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking and an Emmy nomination for Cinematography... More »
