Roy Thomson Hall is again hosting a unique speaker series that this year will allow audiences to journey from the depths of caves to the furthest reaches of the cosmos.
The Simcoe Street concert hall will serve as the venue for National Geographic Live, which features four of the outlet's experts who will share their knowledge and tales of their adventures.
Talks with the official National Geographic explorers begin this month and are held Sundays at 2 p.m. and Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
Here's a look at this year's speaker lineup:
Adventures in Caving, Nov. 24-26, 2024
Descend into the darkness to see the world’s strangest, most remote places with photographer Robbie Shone and explore the last known frontiers on the planet. Shone is recognized as one of the most accomplished cave photographers in the world. He has also worked for European Space Agency programs where he documented astronauts undergoing geological and microbiological field training. Shone works as an expert on National Geographic student expeditions and for major film and television crews.
Diving the Great Barrier Reef, Feb. 23-25, 2025
Dive under the Australian waves and into the Great Barrier Reef with marine biologist Erika Woolsey and swim through these colourful, submerged worlds. Woolsey is a marine biologist, divemaster and virtual reality filmmaker. She uses 360-degree photography to create immersive virtual reality videos to help people understand the ocean and reefs from anywhere in the world.
Penguins of Antarctica, April 13-15, 2025
Journey to bottom of the world with ecologist Dr. Heather Lynch to see how penguins, whales and other wildlife thrive in one of the most remote regions of the planet. Lynch is a quantitative ecologist, dedicated to understanding the population dynamics of Antarctic wildlife, with a particular focus on Antarctic penguins.
Cosmic Adventures, June 1-3, 2025
Join Tracy Drain, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory, to see out-of-this-world sights captured by robotic spacecraft on missions to answer some of the most intriguing questions about our universe. Drain is a flight systems engineer who has helped develop, test and operate a variety of robotic spacecraft for deep space exploration in a career spanning more than two decades.
Subscriptions start at $99 for all four shows, and range up to $249, available here.
