NORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL – Points North Auction 2013
Auction Ends: Sep 15, 2013 11:00 PM CDT

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Private Dinner for Four With Famed Arctic Explorer Lonnie Dupre

Item Number
194
Estimated Value
250 USD
Sold
295 USD to jcml
Number of Bids
15  -  Bid History

Item Description

During an Arctic career spanning more than two decades, Lonnie Dupre has traveled over 14,000 miles throughout the high Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Lapland, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. He has led five major Arctic expeditions and participated in six. Lonnie's expeditions have been featured in Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, Outside, and National Geographic Online. In 1991, he organized and led the Northwest Passage Expedition, making a 3,000-mile transit of the Canadian Arctic by dog sled while comparing changes in Inuit culture since Knud Rasmussen’s expedition in 1923. Lonnie led the One World Expedition project, a trip from Greenland to the North Pole, pulling and paddling specially modified canoes across shifting sea ice and open ocean to raise awareness of global warming and climate change.

Recently, Lonnie has three times challenged the summit of Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest peak, during the depth of the winter season. Trekker, author, environmentalist, mountain climber, Lonnie Dupre is one of our nation’s most thoughtful and revered polar explorers. Read more at www.lonniedupre.com.

Buck Benson, longtime Grand Marais, MN, resident and North House Folk School board member, will host a private presentation and dinner for four with Lonnie Dupre. This is a unique opportunity to learn and share with Lonnie the stories of his 25 years of arctic exploration. Perhaps you’ve read one of Lonnie Dupre’s books, newly published Life on Ice: 25 Years of Artic Exploration, or Greenland Expedition: Where Ice is Born. Now, meet Lonnie Dupre, the explorer who lived these adventures.

 

Item Special Note

The winning bidder will be provided contact information for Buck Benson and is required to make arrangements directly with him. The dinner will be held in Grand Marais, MN.

Donated By:

Buck Benson

Lonnie Dupre