I remember we were up in the Northwest Territories and we met this elder and we
Territories and we met this elder and we
Territories and we met this elder and we talked to him for a long time and he got
talked to him for a long time and he got
talked to him for a long time and he got this really sort of sad look in his eye
this really sort of sad look in his eye
this really sort of sad look in his eye and I just was asking you know what are
and I just was asking you know what are
and I just was asking you know what are you thinking and he just said my people
you thinking and he just said my people
you thinking and he just said my people they’ve they can’t hear the land anymore
they’ve they can’t hear the land anymore
they’ve they can’t hear the land anymore when you’re traveling by dog team you
when you’re traveling by dog team you
when you’re traveling by dog team you hear the land you see every Rock every
hear the land you see every Rock every
hear the land you see every Rock every tree and the land speaks to you and you
tree and the land speaks to you and you
tree and the land speaks to you and you can hear it the points of our
can hear it the points of our
can hear it the points of our expeditions isn’t necessarily to do a
expeditions isn’t necessarily to do a
expeditions isn’t necessarily to do a first or to do some route the fastest
first or to do some route the fastest
first or to do some route the fastest possible it’s really just to to get out
possible it’s really just to to get out
possible it’s really just to to get out there and witness the environment and
there and witness the environment and
there and witness the environment and then traveling by dogsled just allows us
then traveling by dogsled just allows us
then traveling by dogsled just allows us to get into places that we wouldn’t see
to get into places that we wouldn’t see
to get into places that we wouldn’t see normally the last expedition we did was
normally the last expedition we did was
normally the last expedition we did was the North American Odyssey so Dave and I
the North American Odyssey so Dave and I
the North American Odyssey so Dave and I traveled
traveled
traveled 11700 miles across North America by
11700 miles across North America by
11700 miles across North America by kayak canoe and dogsled I I don’t think
kayak canoe and dogsled I I don’t think
kayak canoe and dogsled I I don’t think I could spend three years doing
I could spend three years doing
I could spend three years doing something if I didn’t see a direct
something if I didn’t see a direct
something if I didn’t see a direct benefit to you know someone else besides
benefit to you know someone else besides
benefit to you know someone else besides just me
just me
just me we had about 85,000 students from 600
we had about 85,000 students from 600
we had about 85,000 students from 600 schools across the country following our
schools across the country following our
schools across the country following our journey and through our interactive
journey and through our interactive
journey and through our interactive website we see our role as getting in
website we see our role as getting in
website we see our role as getting in there early on and getting kids excited
there early on and getting kids excited
there early on and getting kids excited about the outdoors excited about wild
about the outdoors excited about wild
about the outdoors excited about wild places so that they’ll want to go out
places so that they’ll want to go out
places so that they’ll want to go out later on and experience the wild places
later on and experience the wild places
later on and experience the wild places themselves
themselves
themselves you can’t tell you a classroom of 25
you can’t tell you a classroom of 25
you can’t tell you a classroom of 25 third graders on a 12,000 mile journey
third graders on a 12,000 mile journey
third graders on a 12,000 mile journey but through technology we can bring them
but through technology we can bring them
but through technology we can bring them along with us then they learn so much
along with us then they learn so much
along with us then they learn so much more than if they’re just reading
more than if they’re just reading
more than if they’re just reading something from a textbook that
something from a textbook that
something from a textbook that interaction is really key the excitement
interaction is really key the excitement
interaction is really key the excitement of the kids is contagious it gives me
of the kids is contagious it gives me
of the kids is contagious it gives me hope for the future you know we have to
hope for the future you know we have to
hope for the future you know we have to make these kids believe that they can do
make these kids believe that they can do
make these kids believe that they can do whatever it is they want at one point I
whatever it is they want at one point I
whatever it is they want at one point I was a fourth grader sitting in a
was a fourth grader sitting in a
was a fourth grader sitting in a classroom just like them and I wanted to
classroom just like them and I wanted to
classroom just like them and I wanted to be an explorer now I am and they can do
be an explorer now I am and they can do
be an explorer now I am and they can do it too if they want to
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