Academy of Natural Sciences Flag Carried by Lonnie Dupre to the North Pole

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: ANSP-2012-097-Artifact

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In 2009, Lonnie Dupre led a team of explorers on a fifty-four day trek across the ice to the North Pole, following the footsteps of explorer, Robert Peary one hundred years earlier. This trip commemorated one of the most famous early polar expeditions and raised awareness of the effects of global warming. To mark the Academy of Natural Sciences' early support of Peary's explorations, Dupre planted the Academy flag at the Pole.

Dates

2009

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

In the Academy Archives.

General

The flag was given to Robert M. Peck by Roland Wall for the 1909-2009 Peary Centennial Expedition. It was shipped from P.O. Box 940, 905 W. 1st Street, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604. Pearycentennial.com