Call to Action

The following petition was created in April 2006 and signed by dozens of adventurers participating in the North Pole season, including Prince Albert of Monoco whose own expedition was highlighting the threat of global warming. To add your name to this petition please email us your name, nationality and endorsement of the petition. Please note if you were a member of a North Pole expedition (if you wen't that's OK!)

Global Call to Action

We, the global community of adventurers engaged in 2006 North Pole expeditions, call upon our national leaders to unite in common voice to acknowledge and seek solutions to the global threat of climate change.

WHEREAS:
--the ecosystems of the polar regions are among the world's most delicate and sensitive to change;
--changes in the polar ecosystems presage pending changes in the world's most populated regions;
--a convergence of global research data confirms that the polar ice caps, a key stabilizing factor in world weather systems, are diminishing rapidly:
--scientific projections indicate these changes could bring the world to a tipping point of irreversible and cataclysmic climate change in a few decades or less:

NOW THEREFORE:
--we attest to the ecoystem changes we witness in our own polar endeavors, from diminishing polar ice packs and continental ice shelves to the retreat of glaciers and the habitat threats that warmer temperatures represent for arctic wildlife;
--we acknowledge that the preponderence of evidence indicates these changes are directly related to global dependence upon fossil fuels;
--we believe these changes can be stopped and reversed if there is an immediate global quest to embrace alternate energy sources;
--we call upon our national leaders to make 2006 the year in which the global community acknowledges that the destiny of humankind lies in our own hands and that this global threat requires an immediate global solution.

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