The Global Warrior Project (formerly Ice Warrior Project) is an organisation founded in 2001 by the explorer
Jim McNeill. 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 and extreme 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 in order to 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 Inuit, 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 Circumpola ...
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 ]
The project's founder Jim McNeill maintains that without such knowledge humans cannot be true guardians of the planet and we cannot establish whether the actions we are taking to mitigate climate change are having any lasting impact.
As an organisation it has an altruistic project side which relies on corporate sponsorship and involves charitable work and also an underpinning commercial side.
Global Warrior Project is made up of 5 extreme environments - Ice, Ocean, Desert, Mountain and Jungle.
See also
* Jim McNeill - the founder of the Global Warrior Project
External links
Global Warrior ProjectHauser BearsGlobal Warrior Expedition Basecamp
- Outfitting, Logistics and Extreme Environment Safety consultants.
References
Exploration
Polar exploration