Our People

One Ocean Expeditions is managed by one of the most seasoned teams in the expedition cruise business. Known for their focus on delivering high quality, superior luxury adventure travel, One Ocean Expeditions is poised to set a new standard in the Expedition Cruise industry.

Effusive in its passion about polar travel, and unwavering in its commitment to safety and environmental protection, we have recruited a team that is committed to excel at whatever we do. Whether its innovation, service, organization, or safety and environmental protection - we'll always aim to set the bar higher. That's our commitment to each other as a team. Our determination to focus on people - our clients and field staff - that's our most enthusiastic commitment.

Andrew Prossin
Andrew is the Managing Director of One Ocean Expeditions Inc. and brings his passion for polar regions and their conservation into any discussion he can.

An adventurer in his own right, Andrew is an accomplished ocean racing sailor. He and two others won a race across the Atlantic Ocean in a 30-foot sailboat; he has sailed around Cape Horn in a Southern Ocean gale and competitively raced yachts and high performance dinghies all over the world. Andrew is also a published photographer and an avid snowboarder, spending his quiet time in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Andrew grew up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada and has brought his East Coast sense of humor with him all along the way. Andrew is known for the easy-going nature of his leadership and is one of this industry’s most proven leaders, with a decade’s experience managing successful expedition companies.

After earning a degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he played a strategic planning role for a major Canadian player in the transportation industry. With around five years in the corporate world under his belt but searching for a life of meaning, Andrew decided to “run away to sea”. What started as a three-month commitment to manage a ship transformed itself into a very successful entrepreneurial career in expedition cruising where he could apply his experience and his passion.

With a reputation for innovation and attention to detail, Andrew has become well known in the expedition cruise industry for the high quality expedition cruise programs he develops. He is also noted for his attention to vital areas of safety and his commitment to environmental protection.

Aaron Lawton
Aaron Lawton is developing the Polar program for One Ocean Expeditions, bringing a strong commitment to conservation in the Polar Regions to his work in operations development.

An avid paddler, Aaron has been paddling or rowing some form of human-powered boat for most of his life. His experience encompasses wilderness guiding and instruction by canoe and sea kayak, varsity rowing and most recently a passion for Hawaiian-style outrigger canoe racing. Thousands of miles on the water have given him an appreciation and awareness for the subtle changes in the ocean due to local weather and global climate patterns.

Aaron is truly Canadian having lived in the mountains of the Yukon Territory, among the wheat fields of Manitoba, in the orchards of Southern Ontario and along the briny coast of Nova Scotia, all by the ripe old age of twelve. Continuing this passion for new places, Aaron has worked in the outdoor industry on six of the seven continents.

Over the last decade, Aaron has been expedition leader or kayak guide on about a hundred trips to the Canadian Arctic, the Antarctic Peninsula and Svalbard. In 2001, Aaron and his wife Cathy embarked on a 10-night unassisted sea kayak expedition along the Antarctic Peninsula. In the development and operation of the One Ocean Expeditions' product, Aaron will rely on all the experience he has gained while exploring the Polar Regions. He is known in the industry for his Polar logistics experience, operational safety, product development and training.

Aaron holds a degree in forestry from the University of British Columbia. This has led to a real appreciation for and understanding of ecology and the connectivity of ecosystems. Wherever you may travel with him you will find he will break any environment down to its base ecosystem components and share with you an understanding of the connectivity between them.