Lonnie Dupre
Born in 1961, Lonnie Dupre made a 3,000-mile, first, west to east
winter transit of Canada's Northwest Passage in 1991 by dog team.
In 2001, Dupre along with Australian John Hoelscher became the first
to circumnavigate Greenland's 6,500 miles of coastline. This was
completed all non-motorized by dog team and kayak. In 2004 Lonnie
received the coveted 'Rolex Awards for Enterprise' for his One
World Expedition to bring attention to Global Warming's attack
on the Arctic. In 2006, the One
World Expedition completed the first summer expedition to the
North Pole pulling and paddling modified canoe/sleds over 600 miles
shifting sea ice. Lonnie Dupre and Eric
Larsen reached the Pole on July 1st and in the process reached
68 million people world-wide about global warming. Lonnie lives
in Minnesota, USA with his wife Kelly. Home
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