Jeff Nelsen
Chair
Pennington County Democratic Party
605-390-9966 (c)
jeff_n2@msn.com
“Eyewitness to Climate Change”An Educational program by Polar Explorer Will Steger
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WHEN: 7:30 pm Tuesday, April 20, 2010
WHERE: Surbeck Center Ballroom on the SDSM&T Campus, 501 E. St. Joseph, Rapid City, SD
Join renowned polar explorer, educator, writer, photographer, and Ely, Minnesota, native, Will Steger for a show documenting his firsthand observations of dramatic changes occurring in the Arctic and Antarctic. Will’s presentation is dramatic and his message is one of hope and empowerment. This is a chance to learn about solutions.
Some of Will’s accomplishments
1986- Leads first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole without resupply.
1988 -1,600-mile south-north traverse of Greenland.
1989-1990 - Completes first dogsled crossing of Antarctica.
1995 -First dogsled traverse of the Arctic Ocean in one season.
1997 -Named National Geographic Society’s first Explorer-in-Residence.
2006 -Appointed to serve on the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group.
2007– Richard Branson and 3 Inuit hunters join Will on Baffin Island to study effects of climate change.
Sponsored by: The Black Hills Group-Sierra Club, Norbeck Uni Group, the Norbeck Society, Repower South Dakota, with the Will StegerFoundation.
Kristin Aschenbrenner
President of the South Dakota Young Democrats
630-204-1423
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. "
-Barack Obama
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