Ana Carla Martinez

The love of Nature, Wildlife and the beauty of Planet Earth is Ana’s “leitmotif”. As a professional photographer she earned experience in a renowned studio as well as diverse magazines specializing in travel, wildlife and extreme sports. Ana co-founded her photo studio in Argentina and has a degree from the University of Barcelona. In 2002 she started working as a photographer, equestrian, hiking and kayaking guide for extreme sports companies in the Pyrenees, Spain. Then she became an expert guide in Central Asia and co-managed the Silk Route for five years. Ana has worked on GPI vessels sailing in expeditions to Greenland, Baffin Bay, Canada, Svalbard, the Chilean Fiords and other remote places. As a zodiac driver, she participated in the SAR team of Doctors Without Borders in the Mediterranean Crisis. She has been with Antarctica21 since 2012. More recently, Ana has spent time back in Argentina, where she was born.