Arctic Ocean 2007
Join polar explorers and educators, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on their 530-mile (850 kilometer) trek across the frozen Arctic Ocean from Canada's Ward Hunt Island to the Geographic North Pole. Ann and Liv will take students on a two-month journey of hope, taking small steps at a time to not only reach their daily mileage goal but to also focus on the current crisis of Climate Change. With a first-hand view of our fragile Arctic environment, students will hear voice messages from these inspiring explorers from the ice, participate in weekly educational themes and news about Global Warming, iChat with scientists working on researching Global Warming, GPS tracking and Carbon Footprint activities - all part of this compelling webcast. Tune into for a complete webcast beginning February 12.
Join Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen as they embark on their Epic Journey to cross the Arctic Ocean on foot. In 2005, following 2 years of preparation, Bancroft and Arnesen embarked on an attempt to make history as the first women to ski across the Arctic Ocean. Due to beurocracy, all Arctic expeditions of 2005 were forced to evacuate the Arctic Ocean and forgo their dreams. Ann and Liv head back, again, bypassing the turbulent Russian beurocratic figureheads, head out this time from Canada reaching for the North Pole. From there, they will ski toward the TARA, a ship boarded with scientists. The ship is planning to do what the Norwegian explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen did with his ship Fram in 1893-96. His goal was the let the ship freeze into the Arctic Ocean North of Siberia and let the ship drift with the currents. Different scientific projects will take place during TARA´s two years drift across the Arctic Ocean. See http://www.taraexpeditions.org In addition to this Ann and Liv co-operates with projects linked to the International Polar Year 2007-08).
Start from Ward Hunt Island, Canada
Ann and Liv will begin their journey from Ward Hunt Island in Canada in March 2007. From there they will ski unsupported to the Geographical North Pole. The projected skiing route is approximately 850 kilometers long (about 530 miles). The expedition will be unsupported. I.e. no materials or supplies will be delivered to Ann and Liv; everything needed during the 2-months trek will be in Ann and Liv´s sleds from the starting point. Start from Ward Hunt Island, Canada
Ann and Liv will begin their journey from Ward Hunt Island in Canada in March 2007. From there they will ski unsupported to the Geographical North Pole. The projected skiing route is approximately 850 kilometers long (about 530 miles). The expedition will be unsupported. I.e. no materials or supplies will be delivered to Ann and Liv; everything needed during the 2-months trek will be in Ann and Liv's sleds from the starting point. The women will get resupplies at the North Pole and the exciting challenge for the team is that they will not know how long the total expedition will be, before they get closer to the North Pole and learn how and where TARA has drifted. The plan is to reach TARA in May and have transportation off of the ice the time TARA will change crew and scientists for the following year. Ann and Liv plan to have millions of kids follow their journey and learn about dreams, preserverance and courage. Join Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft by logging on to www.BancroftArnesenExplore.com for updates from the ice, Journey's Toward Peace K-12 curriculum and classroom activities to participate in during the expedition.