Ed Sobey has published 21 books spanning science, technology, backpacking, and fitness subjects. He has directed 5 museums, including the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and founded the National Toy Hall of Fame. With a Ph.D. in oceanography, Ed has conducted reserach on Arctic oil spills, nearshore processes and currents, and has spent a winter in Antarctica. He has sailed across the Pacific Ocean in a sailboat and recently completed a circumnavigation aboard the MV Explorer teaching for Semester at Sea. He heads the Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Explorers Club and is a Fellow Emeritus.