Sebastian Copeland is setting sail

Author: Desiree Martin

Two years after his expedition to Antartica, Sebastian Copeland is embarking on his new Peary Centennial expedition to the North Pole. The photographer and environmental activist has just left for Canada for what is considered by all to be the Everest of Polar expeditions.

"After six months of intense training culminating in a five hour a day regiment, he is in the best shape of his life and a net gain of almost twenty pounds! He is expected to lose at least that during his 40-50 days mission on skis to reach the Pole in spite of a 7000 calories/day diet," says Mikhail Lapushner who is coordinating communications efforts during the expedition.

Sebastian (photo taken at DLD09) and Mikhail created a shared experience for all from the ice on MySpace. In a couple of days, Sebastian will be entering daily blogs, photographs, as well as posting a 3D Google map tracking his progress, and occasional voice recordings of his daily calls to the logistics team. You can follow all of this here.

As an international speaker on climate crisis for over a decade, Sebastian has been featured on television and radio (Larry King Live, NPR, Air America) and has addressed audiences at the United Nations, the World Affairs Council, the General Assembly on Climate in New Orleans, the George Eastman House, Google Headquarters and to Apple's Senior Design Team.

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