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Wilderness Writers and Philosophers: Class Trip to Ely, Minnesota

 

On Saturday April 14th, five members of the Wilderness Writers and Philosophers class went to Ely, MN to visit Sigurd F. Olson’s Listening Point cabin and to participate in the National Day of Climate Action. We attended a presentation by Paul Schurke titled, ”The North Pole Was Here” and talked with Wil Steger via satellite phone from his Global Warming 101 Expedition on Baffin Island.

 

Ely, MN was one of over 1000 communities calling on Congress to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
Ely, MN was one of over 1000 communities calling on Congress to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050.

 

The Northland College group in front of Sigurd Olson’s writing shack.
The Northland group in front of Olson’s writing shack.

 

Sigurd Olson’s cabin at Listening Point.
Sigurd Olson’s cabin at Listening Point.

 

Northland students with Listening Point Foundation Director Alana Johnson. www.listeningpointfoundation.org
Northland students with Listening Point Foundation Director Alana Johnson.  www.listeningpointfoundation.org

 

Alana talks about Olson’s nine books and the last message he left on his typewriter before suffering a heart attack while snowshoeing.
Alana talks about Olson’s nine books and the last message he left on his typewriter before suffering a heart attack while snowshoeing.

 

 

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