BOREALIS NEWS / EVENTS

A verson of the BPE slideshow is now avaliable online!

Check out our blog for more news and information about the 2008 expedition.

If you would like to have the Borealis Paddling Expedition speak at your engagement, please email us at BorealisPaddlingExpedition@yahoo.com

 

INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES FEATURING THE BPE

Wisconsin Public Radio, "The Larry Meiller Show". September 22, 2005.

 WUWM, Public Radio, "At 10". October 14, 2005.

Wisconsin Public Radio, "The Larry Meiller Show". February 3, 2005.

"To the Arctic and Back: Five Paddlers not Crazy, Just had Arctic in Sight", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 15, 2005.

"Arctic Canoeing", Associated Press Interview. November 5, 2005.

“Adventure in the Arctic: Borealis Paddling Expedition a Testament to Female Explorers, Tribute to YMCA Camp" Capital Times (Madison, WI). August 25, 2005.

"The Came From the Sky", Che-Mun: The Journal of Canadian Wilderness Canoeing. Summer 2005.

The BPE has also been featured on "Good Morning America" on ABC, on Wisconsin Public Television and in articles in Paddler, Canoe & Kayak and Paddle World Magazine, among others. For a full PR report from the 2005 expedition click here.

PRESENTATIONS FOLLOWING 2005 EXPEDITION

SEPTEMBER 2005-----------------
22nd REI, Madison, WI

 

OCTOBER 2005---------------------
1st Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI

8th Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland, WI

11th REI, Brookfield, WI

12th North Granby, CT

25th UW Union for Hoofers, Madison, WI

 

NOVEMBER 2005------------------
1st University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN

3rd Midwest Mountaineering, Minneapolis, MN

11th Manito-wish YMCA Board Meeting, Middleton, WI

16th The Paddlin' Shop (formerly Carl 'n John's), Madison, WI

19th 3 Rivers Outdoor Store, La Crosse, WI

 

DECEMBER 2005--------------------------
2nd Lennon Elementary School, Madison, WI

15th Rutabaga, Madison, WI

 

JANUARY 2006--------------------------
5th Mad City Paddlers, Madison, WI

13th Bethesda Elementary School, Waukesha, WI

18th Conserve School, Land ‘o Lakes, WI

19th UW Marathon Countery Theater, Wausau, WI

21st Kiehl High School "Sportsmen's Dinner", Sheboygan, WI

28th Camp Manito-wish YMCA, Boulder Junction, WI

 

FEBRUARY 2006------------------------
4th Wilderness Canoe Symposium, Toronto, Ontario CANADA

9th Colgate Outdoor Education, Colgate College, Utica, NY

10th Cornell Outdoor Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

 

MARCH 2006------------------------
1st UW LaCrosse Rec Center, LaCrosee, WI

10-12th Canoecopia Paddle Sport Expo, Madison, WI

24th YMCA CEO and Key Volunteer Leaders Conference, Madison, WI
YMCA CEO and Key Volunteer Leaders Conference

 

APRIL 2006----------------------------
4th
REI, Salt Lake City, UT

6th Camp Manito-wish YMCA for Northwestern YMCA CEO Conference, Boulder Junction, WI

27th Midwest Mountaineering Outdoor Expo, Minneapolis, MN

 

JUNE 2006-------------------------
3rd Milwaukee Athletic Club, Milwaukee, WI