Ellesmere Island Expedition 2008  Updates on the Ellesmere Expedition 5/9/2008 :: Day 36: Sam writes: "I like to think of the Arctic as a giant snowflake, amazing in its structure and magnificent in its beauty, but just like a snowflake when it lands on your hand, with that slight change in temperature, it will melt and be lost forever." + More |
Ellesmere Island Expedition 2008  Queen of the Alaskan wilderness 3/31/2008 :: Sigrid Ekran of Norway is one of only a few women who have embarked on the world’s longest and most difficult sled dog race, Alaska’s Iditarod. She finished 24th in this year’s race. + More |
Ellesmere Island Expedition 2008  Ellesmere Expedition departs on March 28. Minneapolis, March 18, 2008: Today famed polar explorer Will Steger announced that he is departing on his international expedition to document the impact of global warming in the arctic on March 28. + More |
Ellesmere Island Expedition 2008  Will Steger at the Explorer's Club Join Will Steger at the Explorer's Club in New York tonight, as he gives an eye witness account on the challenges of Climate Change drawing on perspectives from a life dedicated to exploring the Polar regions and beyond. + More |
Ellesmere Island Expedition 2008  Young Explorers to Document Global Warming in the Arctic 1/18/2008 :: On April 1, 2008, Polar explorer and environmentalist Will Steger will set off with a team of six 22-28-year-old explorers to embark on a 1,400-mile dogsled expedition across Ellesmere Island in Canada. Together, they will document the impact of climate change in the Canadian Arctic, an area on the frontline of effects of global warming. + More |
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