Tonight was a meeting and dinner for the Minnesota Sub-Chapter of The Explores Club and Explorer Will Steger gave a presentation: “Crossing Both Poles by Dog Team.” The meeting and dinner was held at Stella’s Fish Cafe in Minneapolis, but because of the terrible roads and traffic (from the snow storm two days ago) getting there was a bit an adventure. It took me over an hour diving from the University and it should have only taken about 20 minutes. John Annexstad was honored. John has a very nice wife named Judith and a peak “Annexstad Peak” in the Antarctic is named after him. Then Will Steger gave a fun talk about crossing the Antarctica and the Arctic. He talked about the weather, the cold, food or lack of it, going to the bathroom in the cold, the dogs, mutiny’s, and how global warming is changing the Arctic. After the talk Will sold copies of his book ‘Crossing Antarctica’ and also copies of a poster from his Antarctica trip. About 19 people attended tonight’s event, which included other Explorer Club members (such as Explorer Ann Bancroft!), friends, family members, and other visitors. Our largest gathering yet! Sub-Chapter Chairman Greg Brown did a great job organizing tonight’s event.
Tonight’s Agenda:
7-7:15 Drinks/Casual mixing
7:15-7:30 Sit down/order and eat dinner
8:00 News:
-Upcoming speaker and explorer Lonnie Dupre s going back to Denali this winter
-Special announcement about John Annexstad
-Introduction to Will Steger
-Will Steger’s talk
-Questions
-Conclusion/Good Bye.
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- Greg Brown
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- John Annexstad
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- Will Steger
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- Greg Brown and Will Steger
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- Me and Will Steger
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- Book!
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- Ann Bancroft and Me
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- Will, John, and Judith
