National Geographic explorer, photographer, writer and filmmaker Jad Davenport has spent the last three decades voyaging along the world’s most remote coastlines and islands. Assignments have taken him to more than 160 countries and island groups with a particular fondness for the legendary South Pacific region.

Prior to joining National Geographic Creative in 2004, he spent a decade as a freelance war photographer and documentary filmmaker. He has worked in more than a dozen conflicts in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America and in the Balkans where his photography and film work contributed to war crimes investigations. He continues to volunteer as a forensic investigator with the nonprofit NecroSearch International, an organization that assists law enforcement search for and recover evidence and human remains in cold cases.

In addition to voyaging around the world, Jad Davenport spends part of each year in the Canadian Arctic studying wolves and polar bears. He is a 20-year member of the Explorers Club and is based out of Denver, Colorado.

Language spoken: English