20th Anniversary of the Trans-Antarctica Expedition

Twenty years ago yesterday one of the most amazing and ambitious expeditions to Antarctica, or just about anywhere else for that matter, came to an end, when a team of six explorers, from six different countries, completed a 3741 mile journey across that continent. To commemorate that anniversary, Jon Bowermaster posted an interesting article on the expedition.

Elk River Energy Expo a smash hit

by Elizabeth Nelson

The Christopher Columbus of our time.

That’s how Dave Hauer, the principle of Meadowvale Elementary, described Arctic explorer Will Steger - the guest speaker at the Feb. 27 Elk River Energy Expo.

Cycling For Carbon: Biking to a Better Tomorrow, One City at a Time

liana BALINSKY-BAKER

Whether being chased by a mountain lion or battling hypothermia, Reed Aronow will stop at nothing to fight climate change.

Montana Evening Edition, a half-hour Montana newscast from the award winning Montana Public Radio News Department features news from western and central Montana. Our in-depth feature and interview includes a visit with Minnesota's Will Steger. Steger, a polar explorer and formidable voice for the impact of climate change, provides an eyewitness account to the changes in our polar regions.

Feb. 8, 2010

by Deb Courson

A long-time Arctic explorer wants Montanans to "see for themselves" how the pace of climate change has accelerated. Will Steger's film footage, taken on extreme polar expeditions over 40 years, shows how polar lakes have thawed, ice shelves have disintegrated and wildlife habitat has disappeared. That footage is on display in Billings, Bozeman and Missoula this week. 
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Polar explorer sees economic opportunity as driving force on global warming

By ROB CHANEY

Arctic explorer Will Steger, beside Nicky Phear, discusses climate change, jobs and national security during a lunch gathering at the University of Montana on Thursday afternoon. “I can’t think of anything more patriotic than self-reliance,” says Steger.

Researcher to address climate woes

Tori Norskog

Earlier spring thaws, disappearing glaciers and increasing insect population are just a few of the harsh realities of global warming that veteran environmental researcher Will Steger will address at the Urey Lecture Hall on Feb. 11.

A world renowned expert on climate change at the world's poles is speaking in Bozeman Wednesday night.

Arctic explorer Will Steger speaks at the Museum of the Rockies at 7 p.m. The talk is free to the public.

Steger says he has seen the devastation of climate change first hand. He has studied and travelled around the poles for 40 years.

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BILLINGS - It was packed house at the Billings Depot Tuesday night as polar explorer, Will Steger, shared his arctic experiences and run-ins with climate change during the Montana segment of his "Eyewitness to Climate Change" tour.

For the past 45 years Steger has traveled tens of thousands of miles by kayak and dogsled leading teams on some of the most significant polar expeditions in history.

And in those years he never imagined that in his lifetime he would have to change his agenda due to climate change.

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By Will Steger Foundation
February 2, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY:

WILL STEGER JOINS BUSINESS LEADERS TO PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY

Will Steger and Minnesota business leaders will host briefing on business solutions to climate change

MINNEAPOLIS , MN – Join polar explorer Will Steger and several Minnesota business leaders as they discuss the opportunities for clean energy solutions in Minnesota at a press conference on Monday February 8th at 11:30 am.  Hear from this diverse group as they illustrate the importance a strong limit on carbon emissions has on future investments and job growth and why the U.S. needs bold climate action in 2010.