Beau Pruneau

Growing up in a log house in the Canadian wilderness in Northern Ontario, Beau understood at an early age to appreciate the great outdoors while learning wilderness skills such as survival, navigation, tracking, & firearms marksmanship.

After graduating college with a diploma in Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Management including studies in Biology, Wilderness Guiding, Wilderness Survival, Canoe Guiding among other, he headed west to British Columbia working at a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains where he continued to drive just about every type of mechanized vehicle including tracked snow-cats, while exploring the mountains by snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, & heli-boarding.

After meeting his German wife in British Culumbia, he moved back to Ontario to work at a ski resort near the great lakes. In 2011 he crossed over to Germany permanently, trying his hand at making wine and building bikes while traveling the world with his wife. Now he has been to nearly every continent with a special appreciation for the African savanna & Italian cuisine. Beau is happiest in a jeep out on safari or out on deck searching for wildlife.

He now works on expedition ships in the polar regions as an expedition leader, assistant expedition leader, scout guide, lecturer, rifle expert, bear expert, photography guide, camping leader, safety officer, and zodiac & outboard engine mechanic.

During his spare time at home he also works as an expedition travel consultant, as well as creating and fine tuning his various English & German lectures & talks, numbering over 40 between the northern & southern polar regions.

Beau is also a fine art photographer, specializing in smartphone photography in the polar regions. He has also been recently certified by the PTGA as a senior polar expedition guide, with advanced qualifications in zodiac driving, lecturing, hike leading, polar bear & rifle safety, radio communications, navigation, and snow field & ice crack awareness. He currently resides in Dresden, Germany with his wife & two small sons.