Misha Golfman

Founding Director and Senior Guide

Years with Kroka: 22

Contact: misha@kroka.org 

Narrative
MISHA GOLFMAN co-founded Kroka Expeditions in 1996. As a child he spent every summer expeditioning on long Russian waterways with his mother, while foraging and fishing. Misha participated and led many expeditions including several in the Russian and Canadian Arctic. He founded several initiatives, including the Russian American Outdoor Educators Exchange, Adventures in Russia and Piermont Outdoor Program. Misha was a guide for Mahoosuc Guide Service and Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. He also was a public school and college teacher. He lives with his wife, Lynne and their four children and many animals in a hand-crafted and carbon-neutral home on Kroka’s farm.

Education
Guide diploma
Soviet National Outdoor Leadership School
BS, Plymouth State
MS, Antioch, NE

Major Expeditions
Cola Peninsula, Russian Arctic
Uapishka Mountains, Quebec
Moisie, Broadback, Ashuapmushuan, Dumoine Rivers, Quebec
Colorado & Green Rivers, UT
Cape Bretton Island circumnavigation

Recent Presentations                     
Habits of the Intuitive Guide, AEE International Conference, 2013
Where Consciousness Meets Wilderness, AWSNA Great Lakes Conference, 2015

Recent Interview
Blake Boles

TV Coverage
The Boston Chronicle     

Community
NH Justice of the Peace