The Ice Warrior Project is an organisation founded in 2001 by the explorer
Jim McNeill
Jim McNeill is a former scientist and British polar explorer, presenter and keynote speaker, with over 36 years of experience travelling and working in the polar regions.
In 2001 McNeill founded Ice Warrior Project, an organisation which gives " ...
. Its remit is to develop people from all walks of life and echelons of society into modern-day explorers; to discover change in the world’s most remote regions under the guidance of partner leading scientific authorities; and deliver these discoveries in an engaging, human manner to audiences around the globe.
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The organisation provides raw, scientific data for others to go on and interpret. Its rationale for doing so is that if we do not monitor these regions, which were described by Nobel peace prize nominee[ Sheila Watt-Cloutier Awards and Honours] Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Sheila Watt-Cloutier (born 2 December 1953) is a Canadian Inuk activist. She has been a political representative for Inuit at the regional, national and international levels, most recently as International Chair for the Inuit Circumpolar Counc ...
as "clearly one of the most important regions when it comes to climate change.",[{{Cite web , url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja08/insidestory.asp , title=Canadian Geographic , access-date=2012-06-14 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512025042/http://canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja08/insidestory.asp , archive-date=2012-05-12 , url-status=dead ] then how will we know that any action to mitigate the human impact on our Earth is actually working?
The project's founder Jim McNeill
Jim McNeill is a former scientist and British polar explorer, presenter and keynote speaker, with over 36 years of experience travelling and working in the polar regions.
In 2001 McNeill founded Ice Warrior Project, an organisation which gives " ...
maintains that without such knowledge how can we be true guardians of the planet on which we live? And if we are not, then this ultimately affects our chances of survival as a species.
As an organisation it has an altruistic project side which relies on corporate sponsorship and involves charitable work and also an underpinning commercial side.
See also
*Jim McNeill
Jim McNeill is a former scientist and British polar explorer, presenter and keynote speaker, with over 36 years of experience travelling and working in the polar regions.
In 2001 McNeill founded Ice Warrior Project, an organisation which gives " ...
- the founder of the Ice Warrior Project
External links
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- Outfitting, Logistics and Extreme Environment Safety consultants.
References
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Polar exploration