A published author and avid polar, colonial Maine and maritime book collector, Charles H. Lagerbom is a frequent guest lecturer presenting on cruise ships, sailing vessels and ashore about the history, life, politics and science of Antarctica, Cape Horn and South Atlantic, as well as colonial Maine and New England maritime history and archaeology. Charles is past president of the Antarctican Society, where he serves as current archivist/historian. He is author of The Fifth Man: The Life of H.R. Bowers (Caedmon Publishing, 1999) and Whaling in Maine (Arcadia Publishing, 2020) and publishes a weekly column in the Camden Herald titled Half Seas Over: Interesting Research Related to Maritime Maine. Charles teaches AP U.S. History at Belfast Area High School and makes his home on the coast of Maine. He can be reached at clagerbom@rsu71.org.
