Arctic Adventurers To Speak At Muhlenberg
On Friday, November 8, 7 p.m., Recital Hall Baker Center for the Arts, Arctic advocates and adventurers Tim Leach and Jillian Morrissey will present "Oil and the Arctic: A Personal Perspective." The lecture and slideshow are free and open to the public.Thursday, October 31, 2002 01:37 PM
On Friday, November 8, 7 p.m., Recital Hall Baker Center for the Arts, Arctic advocates and adventurers Tim Leach and Jillian Morrissey will present "Oil and the Arctic: A Personal Perspective." The lecture and slideshow are free and open to the public.
This presentation is one of 40 that will be given throughout the Northeast on Leach's and Morrissey's 1601-mile bicycle trek. Their expedition is part of the 8,000-mile nationwide, self-propelled journey, the "Walk to Washington D.C.-for the Arctic Refuge," ending in Washington D.C. on November 16. The program, which promotes civic engagement and efficient energy solutions, and focuses on crucial issues in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, will include a slideshow from Leach's images of the Arctic Wilderness.
Leach will also discuss his extraordinary 500-mile solo bike journey from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, and his five weeks of fieldwork in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge during the summers of 2001 and 2002. Leach and Morrissey will offer information on their recent visit to the Arctic Gwich'in Community, where they shared with people their experiences of working for the protection of the Refuge.
This program is sponsored by EnAct, the Public Engagement Project, and the political science and environmental science departments. For more information on these and other issues central to the Arctic, visit www.cariboucommons.com.
