GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn -- Relive the trials and triumphs of the historic 1986 expedition to the North Pole with Minnesotans Will Steger, Paul Schurke and Ann Bancroft, Canada's Brent Boddy and Richard Weber and New Zealand's Geoff Carroll and Bob McKerrow.
They endured 56 days skiing and dog sledding over a thousand miles of shifting sea ice with temperatures dipping as low as minus 76. The team will share stories, slides and film footage and also reveal the dramatic ways the Arctic has changed over the past 25 years.
Event: North Pole '86 Expedition: 25th Anniversary Celebration
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd W., St. Paul
Cost: $12 adults, $5 college students and ages 9-17; $10 MHS adult members. Reservations recommended.
Call for more information: 651-259-3015 or register online.
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