Eric Larsen and the Save The Poles Expedition successfully reaches Mount Everest to gain research on Global Warming.
Being the first man to hike to the North Pole, South Pole and the summit of Mount Everest in 333 days is a feat in iteself. To do it for research on global warming may expand this feat to new heights by gaining valuable information on the phenomonen and impact how we move forward on protecting our planet.
On January 6, 2010 Laresn and his team completed a 750 mile ski traverse to the South Pole, which took him 48 days. Larsen and a separate taem then reached the North Pole on April 22nd, after a 51-day, 500 mile trek that required snowshoeing and skiing across constantly shifting ice.
Larsen hopes that his feat of reaching the most polar reagions of our planet will help bring forward environmental issues that may be impacting climate changes on our planet.
Larsen has partnered with the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center and the Protect Our Winters Foundation to provide a climate change curriculum available as a free download on the expedition’s web site. Larsen will also team up with the Center for Biological Diversity to petition Congress and the President on the need for stronger climate legislation. For more information, visit www.savethepoles.com
