Jungle Navigation Company

The Jungle Navigation Company is a fictional company from the Jungle Cruise attractions at Disney theme parks worldwide. They were first introduced into the backstory of the attraction during refurbishments in the 1990s.

Background
The Jungle Navigation Company was founded on April 8th, 1911 by Doctor Albert Falls, who after years of exploring the rivers of the world, had hoped to improve cargo shipping in remote areas for other explorers and adventurers. Albert Falls was succeeded as president of the company by his granddaughter, Alberta Falls, who had been living at the company headquarters for much of her childhood. However, the JNC was facing troubles from a slump in their shipping business. In 1931, at the suggestion of the skippers that were essentially her second family, Alberta would start the first "Jungle Cruise" tours on October 1st. This would become greatly successful for the struggling company, especially after the 1935 discovery of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye by Indiana Jones, when the Cruises would serve the tourists that came into the jungles seeking out the temple. Around 1938, Alberta would open the company headquarters/mess hall to guests as the Skipper Canteen.

Though the tourism business has been successful, the Skippers are a danger-prone lot, with many incidents from encounters with various jungle hazards being overheard in Jungle Radio transmissions and the transmissions of Albert Awol. Most Skippers face the dangers of the wilds with a sense of humor and self-preservation. However they always find a way to reach the most dangerous parts of their journeys: returning to civilization.