Arctic Explorer to check on shrinking ice
November 2007
GWA


The Ice Warrior Jim McNeill is seeking volunteers for a range of expeditions to collect crucial climate change data at the four North Poles which will benefit organisations like the Global Warming Alliance who are seeking solutions to the climate change crisis.

Up to forty participants will be put through an intensive weekend selection process to see if they have what it takes to be an explorer. Successful applicants will then undergo their first week of intensive training based in Norway, from 27th January to 3rd February 2008. They will then continue through a comprehensive syllabus, training them in every aspect of Arctic expeditioning which makes them safe and competent polar travellers and able to endure temperatures of minus fifty degrees Celsius, polar bears, frost bite and treacherous sea-ice conditions.

Jim explains, “Having carefully and extensively analysed previous expedition data we should be able to detect any significant change in the depletion of the Arctic ice cap.

Louise Burfitt-Dons of the GWA says “ It is invaluable to see what impact our efforts to mitigate climate change are achieving and we welcome Jim’s research statistics.’

Anyone interested in volunteering should call Jim McNeill on (44) 1344 883861 or email

What are the Four Poles?

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