Will Steger |
2004 Arctic Transect Expedition Leader, Team Member: Educator, polar
explorer, photographer, writer and lecture, Steger has become a voice
calling for understanding and the preservation of the Arctic. Steger
has led the most significant feats in dogsled exploration such as the
first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole without re-supply
(1986), the 1,600-mile south-north traverse of Greenland - the longest
unsupported dogsled expedition in history
(1988), the historic 3,471-mile International Trans-Antarctica
Expedition - the first dogsled traverse of Antarctica (1989-90), the
International Arctic Project - the first and only dogsled traverse of
the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Ellesmere Island in Canada (1995).
Historic feats for which Steger has received numerous honors and
recognitions among others include: Explorers Club Finne Ronne Memorial
Award (1997), National Geographic Society's First Explorer-In-Residence
(1996) and National Geographic Society's John Oliver La Gorce Medal for
"accomplishments in geographic exploration, in the sciences, and for
public service to advance international understanding" (1995).
He joins Amelia Earhart, Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen and Jacques
Cousteau in receiving this prestigious award. Steger has been invited
twice to testify before Congress on polar and environmental issues. He
founded the Global Center of Environmental Education at Hamline
University in 1991 and the World School for Adventure Learning at the
University of St. Thomas in 1993. Steger is the author of four books:
Over the Top of the World, Crossing Antarctica, North to the Pole and
Saving the Earth.
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