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Steger is a legendary polar explorer, the first person to make a dogsled trip to the North Pole, and winner of the National Geographic Adventure Lifetime Achievement Award. He's at home in those frozen, hostile parts of the world that few of us will ever tread. But he's also a dedicated environmentalist who was early to ring the alarm bell on global warming, the effects of which he saw firsthand in his frequent polar expeditions, both in the Arctic and Antarctica. To help raise awareness of the damage climate change is wreaking on the polar regions, next month...
...really see global warming in action, you'd need to travel to the Arctic, where climate change is already kicking into high gear. Temperatures are increasing faster in the far north than they are in the more temperate zones in the world, and recent studies indicate that the North Pole could be underwater in the summer in less than 10 years. But seeing the Arctic firsthand isn't easy, unless you're handy with a dogsled - so Will Steger is going to take you there...
...help. But the truth is that for the Arctic, at least, the sheer momentum of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere means that profound climatic change is virtually unavoidable, no matter what we do. "Within a decade or less, it's going to be impossible to reach the North Pole," says Steger. "If we're not taking action immediately, we're running out of time." Man your computers - GlobalWarming101.com might give you a last glimpse of a dying polar world...
Senior Clara Blattler knows how to clear obstacles.Having set the Harvard women’s pole vaulting record last year at the Heptagonal Championships by clearing 12 feet, six inches, the Leverett House senior is looking forward to her next big challenge: Oxford.Named one of the 2008 recipients of the highly competitive and highly coveted Rhodes Scholarship in November, the Brookline, Mass. native will be joining the ranks of the Oxford Blues following her graduation this June.“I first heard about it and thought about applying at the beginning of last summer,” Blattler reminisced...
...high jump placed her first in the event, with Emde taking second with her season-best jump of 1.67 meters. Senior co-captain Molly Boyle threw a personal best 16.25 meter distance to win the weight throw event and classmate Clara Blattler captured the win in the pole vault, clearing 3.75 meters. Junior Aishlinn O’Callaghan’s 2:12.40 time in the 800 meter was her personal best and qualified her for the ECAC Championships. The men’s side did not fare as well, finishing with only 25 points. Princeton, ranked...