'Challenge of the Infinite Frontier' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event
Apr 3, 2013
Location Information
7:30-8:30 pm @ Sentry Room - SOEI
6-7:15 p.m. - SOEI
Sentry Room "Singing Wilderness, Reading Wilderness, Writing
Wilderness." - Northland students Jake McGinnis and Peter Wolak have
gathered a collection of Northland students to share their favorite
Olson quotes and the inspiration provided therein.
7:15-7:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
7:30-8:30 p.m. - SOEI Sentry Room "Challenge of the
Infinite Frontier"- Northland Alum and author Rocky Barker will share
his experience as a student at Northland when the Institute was created.
He will also discuss new views on wildland conservation.
** Additional Events for SOEI 40th Anniversary 'Wildness Week' **
April 4, 7 - 9 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope:
Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass
Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The
Life of Sigurd F. Olson
8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips
and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing
Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson
April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America
8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and
Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and
wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .
9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by
Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge
Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.
10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The
Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an
Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at
Northland College.
11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell-
Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an
award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe:
Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic
Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National
Park Service for over 30 years.
2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens
from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson-
Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada
and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor
Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and
now Brock University for over 30 years.
3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in
Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant
whose internal compass points North.
3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:
America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at
Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.
4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John
Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains
National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months
last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson
Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen
Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.
Contact Information
Jean Ayers
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu
