TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2013 /CNW/ -
| What: | World-renowned explorer Sven Lindblad launches Canadian initiative for
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic. |
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Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic launches Canadian Initiative to
conduct more expeditions in Canada's vast wilderness. With the melting
of the Arctic Ocean and the opening of the Northwest Passage, huge
parts of Canada will be revealed for the first time, with equally
large opportunities and threats. So, starting this summer, Lindblad
will take people through the High Arctic Ocean, in addition to up and
down Canada's Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
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Extraordinary Canadians - Wade Davis, Dr. Roberta Bondar and Dr. Joe
Macinnis - come together on special Lindblad Expeditions-National
Geographic Advisory Board to develop ideas about where to explore and
what in Canada's vast wildernesses.
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| - Afternoon - Media interviews with Sven Lindblad and Wade Davis
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University Club, 380 University Avenue, Toronto |
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Few people alive know more about eco-tourism than Sven Lindblad (his
father invented the term) and about indigenous people and eco-systems
than Wade Davis. Wade Davis is also Canada's very own polymath, while
Sven's Lindblad Expeditions partners with National Geographic to offer
marine based expeditions to the world's most remote places.
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| | Wade Davis has long said that travel can overcome our greatest conceit
about people and cultures whose environments are wildly different from
Western society: "They are not failed attempts to be us; they
are unique manifestations of other visions of life itself."
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Sven Lindblad expands on this thought: "In the 21st century, exploration and adventure travel are no longer about firsts, at
least on the earth itself, and especially on the seas. But there is no
less wonder and opportunity now. In fact, I would say that the
experiences offered now as a consequence of navigational tools,
underwater technology and access to information, allow for far richer
expeditions."
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As Sven says: "Too many discussions about the oceans' condition, climate
change, the diminishing access to fresh water and the loss of native
cultures take place in environments with no emotional and physical
connection. We are consumed by so many challenges, but when a person
has seen the cathedral-sized icebergs of Antarctica or snorkeled on a
truly healthy reef, or seen a stressed polar bear where the sea ice has
disappeared - all these discussions become personal and infinitely more
meaningful."
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SOURCE: Lindblad Expeditions
