Footage of explorer Mike Horn and the PANGAEA Young Explorers Program on their 9th of 12 global expeditions slated between 2008-2012. In August of 2011 the crew spends two weeks in the Northern Territories of the Nunavut, Canada region, Bylot Island, Baffin Island, Admiralty Inlet, Sam Fjord and the Clyde River.
South African Mike Horn is acknowledged as the world's greatest modern explorer. He has undertaken exceptional adventures which have extended the boundaries of human achievement. His latest endeavor is The PANGAEA Project and Young Explorers Program.
The PANGAEA Project -- Is a 4-year circumnavigation of the world through a series of 12-scheduled expeditions each to different climates and surfaces including mountains, desert, ocean and arctic snow. For each Pangaea expeditoin, Mike and his team hand select eight high school or college students between the ages of 15 and 20 to accompany him.
The expedition is named Pangaea after the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago. It represents the objective and over-arching mantra of ONE WORLD which Mike Horn and his Young Explorers set out by land and see to Explore, Learn and Act.
The project which continues through 2012 has already covered over 100,000 miles, reaching the North and South Poles and crossing all the continents and oceans. Mike Horn's mission aims to unite the continents again with a powerful environmental message of sustainability, conservation and preservation. During each leg of the expedition, educational specialists will join Mike Horn and the young explorers, sharing their knowledge of fauna and flora and helping them to understand the fragile and important interaction between man, nature and the elements. The young people will work on the establishment of environmental projects in selected regions that Pangaea visits.
Mike Horn's vessel -- also named PANGAEA -- is a Mercedes-Benz double-master measuring 35 meters (115 feet) in length and serves as one of the world's largest and most versatile expedition sailboats. The hull is made from recyclable aluminum and totally dispenses with the use of marine paint. Both the integrated waste-recycling systems and the on-board power generators meet strict ecological requirements. Flexible solar cells in the sails an don the deck provide the necessary power.
The first group of Young Explorers joined Mike in Antarctica in January of 2009, the second group in New Zealand in May of the same year. In 2010, Mike Horn and three groups of Young Explorers traveled to Malaysia, India and the Himalayas, respectively. This year, the three more expeditions pushed off to Mongolia, Kamchatka and the Magnetic North Pole.
Mike Horn and his team are always searching for high school pupils or college students who would be interested in joining him on the next phase of this program.
If selected, the young explorers are flown out at the expedition's expense to to join Pangaea for two week period. When they return to their communities full of knowledge regarding endemic obstacles and possible solutions, they are expected to bear responsibility in sharing the message with their local communities and peers.
Potential candidates who apply to join Mike Horn's Pangaea Expedition will be invited to visit Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland -- Mike Horn World Headquarters -- in the Swiss Alps for a training and selection camp, costs for which will also be paid by the expedition. This includes intensive courses on the technological, environmental, physical, medical and communication skills required to prepare the participants to meet the challenges of the expedition. All workshops and outings are run by experienced and professional instructors. The tasks included map work, sailing, paragliding, physical tests, glacier walking, climbing and abseiling.
THE PANGAEA YOUNG EXPLORERS PROGRAM 2008-2012 -
YEP Expedition No. 1 - Antarctica/South Pole - 2008
YEP Expedition No. 2 - New Zealand - 2009
YEP Expedition No. 3 - Malaysia - 2009
YEP Expedition No. 4 - India - 2010
YEP Expedition No. 5 - Himalaya - 2010
YEP Expedition No. 6 - Mongolia - 2010
YEP Expedition No. 7 - Kamchatka - 2010
YEP Expedition No. 8 - Magnetic North Pole - 2011
YEP Expedition No. 9 - Nunavut, Canada - 2011
FUTURE:
YEP Expedition No. 10 - USA November 2011
YEP Expedition No. 11 - Amazon April 2012
YEP Expedition No. 12 - Africa July 2012
INTERVIEWS/TV/MEDIA REQUESTS: E-mail mary@mikehorn.com
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