Renowned explorer, Eric Larsen, will start his Save the Poles Expedition in November 2009 to research his story on global warming. Larsen announced last week that he’s leaving for the South Pole early next month to begin the “Save the Poles” first-ever expedition to the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mt. Everest in a continuous 365-day period. If he completes the expedition, Larsen will be the first person to accomplish this incredible feat. He hopes to spotlight the “front lines” of global warming to document the changes occurring in these last great frozen places. He will advocate strategies for reducing carbon emissions and collect relevant scientific data.

“This expedition will tell the story of these remote places so we can better understand how our actions affect the poles and ultimately the planet,” Larsen says. “We all need to be reminded that we must act now to stop global warming.”

Larsen completed the first-ever summer expedition to the North Pole in 2006 where he pulled and paddled modified canoes over 600 miles of shifting sea ice and open ocean. Larsen is a polar explorer, dog musher and educator, he has spent the past 15 years adventuring in some of the most remote and wild places left on earth. In total, he has traveled enough wilderness miles to circle the globe nearly two and half times. He has also ridden his bike across the United States, been a back country ranger in Alaska, a white water canoe guide in Colorado and wilderness trip leader in Hawaii. Larsen’s history-making expedition, One World Expedition, was the first-ever summer journey to the North Pole. In January of this year, Larsen successfully led an international team to the geographic South Pole becoming one of only a few Americans to ski to both poles.

AWM will be following Larsen’s adventure and will keep our readers updated on his progress!