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2005 Summer traverse of Arctic Ocean bags $100,000
Oct 6, 2004 20: 16 EST
Published Oct 1, 2004 14: 06 EST
In late May 2005, the One World Expedition will embark on a four month unsupported expedition across the Arctic Ocean. Americans Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen will travel from Cape Arctichesky, Siberia, to the geographic North Pole, then on to Ellesmere Island, Canada, pulling and paddling modified kayaks over 1,200 miles of shifting sea ice.
The team will use lightweight high-density thermoplast kayaks specially modified to be pulled like sleds as well as paddled and wear unique one-piece, breathable dry suits. And now money are on their way! Actually $100,000!
Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais, Minn. was named one of five 2004 Rolex Laureates in a ceremony in Paris. The Rolex Awards for Enterprise are given every two years to provide visionary men and women worldwide with the financial support and recognition needed to carry out innovative projects that expand human knowledge or improve the lot of mankind.
Over 1,700 people from 117 countries applied for this year’s awards, which span five major areas of recognition: exploration and discovery (Dupre’s category), science and medicine, technology and innovation, the environment, and cultural heritage.
“I am so thrilled and humbled to be chosen for this honor,” Dupre said. “Over one-third of our budget is now covered. We have many wonderful sponsors and a lot of individual donors, as well. We can now begin to shift our focus in part from fundraising to getting the word out about global warming.”
Another Polar receiver of the Rolex award was Norwegian Erling Kagge for his completion of the three Poles (SP/NP/Everest) on May 9, 1994. (Supported).
Lonnie Dupre, USA (42): During an Arctic career spanning 17 years, Lonnie has traveled over 13,500 miles throughout the high Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Lapland, Alaska, Canada and Greenland by dog team, ski and kayak.
In 1992, Lonnie led a 3,059-mile, 185-day trek across the Canadian Arctic. In 2001, Dupre and Australian teammate John Hoelscher completed a circumnavigation of Greenland using dog sleds in winter and kayaks in summer. He was awarded the Soviet Sportsman Medal for Arctic exploration in 1989, was elected Fellow National of the Explorers Club in 1996 and was keynote lecturer to the Fellows of the Royal Geographic Society in London upon completion of the Greenland Expedition.
Eric Larsen, USA (32): Eric has spent his entire life in pursuit of wilderness. In 2002, Eric completed a 700-mile dog sled expedition in the Canadian Subarctic that focused on the culture and land of the Oji-Cree people of northern Ontario. Eric also participated in a 23-day bicycle crossing of the United States, mushed sled dogs in the tundra north of Great Slave Lake, led month-long treks in Hawaii and guided whitewater canoe trips in Colorado.
Image of Lonnie and Eric courtesy of the team.
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