A Letter from the Arctic

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Dear Friend,

 

I wanted to give you an update on the Greenpeace sponsored expedition

to the Arcitic! The explorers will raise awareness of global warming

and the threat is poses to polar bears. Read more below.

 

Best,

Nick

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I’m writing you from a small tent, sheltered from the Arctic elements,

after a long day of climbing up and down pressure ridges of ice – some

up to 30 feet tall – hauling 90 pounds of gear. Lonnie and I are

exhausted. We covered 3 and half miles today, making steady progress

North

against some of the harshest ice conditions we’ll face. We’ve been on

the ice for just over a week, and so far we’ve covered almost 40 miles

toward

our final destination: the North Pole.

 

The ice is so thick and massive here, it’s hard to imagine that in just

50 years, it could be gone in summer. That means no more polar bears -

which by the way can't be too far away from us right now, because we

just ran across some Arctic fox tracks today. Up here, where there's a

fox, a polar bear is near.

 

And it’s polar bears that we’re here to

rescue, from a threat they can’t even perceive: global warming. But

they’re already feeling the effects of it. Despite being strong

swimmers, polar bear deaths from drownings are on the rise, as the sea

ice they attempt to swim between is rapidly melting.

 

That’s why this

journey is about so much more than reaching a destination. It’s about

showing the world the real impacts of global warming, and saving the

polar bear.

 

We’re just two guys from Minnesota, trying to make a difference, but we

can’t do it without your help. We started this expedition with

enough

food and supplies for 40 days. It will be 111 more days before we reach

the North Pole, and to make it safely, we’re relying on two food and

supply drops totaling $47,000 each. Can

you help fund our expedition to

save the polar bear and show the world the impacts of global warming?

We’ll need our first food and supply drop when we reach about 87

degrees of North. At our current pace, we should be there in 40 days.

Will you be there for us?

 

 

Will

you help ensure the success of our expedition, and help us fight

for the polar bear by making a generous gift now?

 

Your donation will help us reach our destination and accomplish our

true mission: saving polar bears. This is a dangerous and

precedent-setting expedition, and we

need your support.

 

Well, we also need to rest up to do it all again tomorrow, so good

night. I’ll write again soon.

 

Sincerely,

 

Eric Larsen

Arctic Explorer

 

p.s. I’ve sent home some pictures of our trip so far. If you want to

see what we’ve been through, visit our web site at

www.projectthinice.org.