It has been 21 years since Lonnie Dupre and John Hoelscher completed the first and only circumnavigation of Greenland; a 6,500-mile journey all non-motorized by dog team and kayak. In 2022 Dupre went back to NW Greenland to document through film the Polar Inuit culture. Traveling from village to village by dog team, Dupre re-connected […]
University of Minnesota Duluth in partnership with the Gunflint Trail Historical Society is bringing this experience to the end of the Gunflint Trail!! The UMD is on a journey to celebrate and preserve Northeast Minnesota’s dark sky window to the universe. The journey will begin in Duluth on the 7th at the UMD planetarium and […]
Mark Neuzil is a professor of journalism at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He is the author, co-author or editor of eight books, almost all with environmental themes. A former wilderness guide and summer park ranger, he is currently working on a collective biography of nature writers with a Minnesota connection. Ancient […]
Mark Morgen and his wife Carol moved to the Grand Marais area 6 years ago after retiring from a 37-year career as an engineer for 3M Company. He has built over 20 canoes and kayaks, as well as one sailboat. The next current project will probably be a tandem sea kayak. He enjoys camping and […]
Meet Sherry Abts, the "Ely Loon Ranger" and Minnesota DNR Loon Watcher Survey volunteer with a lifelong passion for loons. Thirty-five years as a public educator has taught Sherry how to get people excited and interested in the natural world around them. Sherry's passion for loons began in 1993 when she volunteered with the Earth […]