Kari Herbert

Kari Herbert (born 17 September 1970) is a British travel writer, photographer and television presenter.

Biography

The daughter of polar explorer, Sir Wally Herbert, Herbert spent the first few years of her life living on a remote island in the Arctic with the Polar Inuit of Northwest Greenland. Her first language was Inuktun, the local dialect of Greenlandic. At the age of four Herbert accompanied her parents on a journey that took them through winter blizzards in a caravan to spend time with the Sami of Lapland. She has continued to travel extensively ever since.

After leaving school she studied Media & Design in Portsmouth, then went on to work as a fashion stylist for Japanese rock bands before becoming a travel writer and photographer for newspapers and magazines such as "The Independent", "The Sunday Times", "The Daily Telegraph", "Geographical" and "Traveller" magazines.

Herbert's first book, "The Explorer's Daughter", was published by Penguin Books in 2005, and was chosen as 'Book of the Week' by BBC Radio 4. She is currently working on her second book.

Herbert has appeared on several radio and television programmes, and presented a short documentary film about climate change for BBC Four in 2006. She has had solo exhibitions of her photography in the UK and Europe.

Herbert is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Explorer's Club, New York.

Programmes

Television

* "Northern Melt - From the Frontline of Global Warming" - short film – BBC Four

Radio

* "Book of the Week", BBC Radio 4 (read by Emilia Fox)
* "With Clive Anderson" – Justice system in Greenland, BBC Radio 4
* "Everywoman", BBC World Service
* "Sandi Toksvig Show", LBC
* "Vanessa Feltz Show", BBC London
* "Excess Baggage", BBC Radio 4
* "Piecing together the Ice Museum", BBC Radio 3
* "Tubridy Show", RTÉ

Bibliography

* "Heart of the Hero", Kari Herbert, Viking/Penguin, to be released February 2008
* "The Explorer's Daughter", Kari Herbert, Viking, 2004 ISBN 0-670-91374-X
* "The Explorer's Daughter", Kari Herbert, Penguin, 2005 ISBN 0-141-01149-X
* "Als de Toendra Roept", Kari Herbert, The House of Books, 2006 ISBN 10:90-443-1671-0 (Dutch Translation)
* "Mit Arktiske Barndomsland", Kari Herbert, Host & Son, 2005 ISBN 87-638-0134-5 (Danish Translation)
* "The Polar World", Sir Wally Herbert, edited by Kari Herbert, Polarworld 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555255-1-3

External links

* [http://www.kariherbert.com Homepage]
* [http://www.gillonaitkenassociates.co.uk/ Literary agent]
* [http://kariherbert.voice123.com Profile] at the "Voice123" Voice over agency
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/climate-shorts.shtml BBC clip] from 'Climate Chaos' series - 'Northern Melt'