Profiles

Jeff Ward: Scientist and Navigator
Jeff Ward has more than 33 years of experience in cold-region camping, including two excursions to Denali in Alaska, and multiple experiences in Minnesota, the upper peninsula of Michigan, Canada and the Andes Mountains.  Ward has navigated for more than 19 years and taught navigation for the Institute for Marine Technology in Indianapolis and for Ocean Navigator magazine while aboard the Ocean Star schooner from Portland Maine.  He is also an intermediate level cross-country skier.

Paul Schurke:  Renowned Arctic Explorer and Expedition Leader

Along with Will Steger, Paul Schurke led the first confirmed expedition to reach the North Pole by dogsled without re-supplying in 1986. Since then he has trekked to the Geographical North Pole four more times.  He has explored vast regions of the Arctic from Russia to Ellesmere Island in Canada.  He is experienced in celestial navigation and an expert in cross-country skier. 

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