WWQ Co-Founder Milbry Polk hosted an evening of celebration, announcing this year's awardees. Four Wings Flag Carriers gave inspiring and informative reports on their expeditions to the audience of Wings Fellows, supporters, friends and members of the press.
Speakers included:
Dalia Amor Conde, Tracking Jaguar's; Mexico, Guatemala & Belize
Annie Doubilet, New Guinea and Baffin Island
Alison Jones, “No Water No Life, Columbia River and Ethiopia
Beryl Bell, “Sailing across the Atlantic in the wake of Columbus”
This year's Award winners include:
COURAGE AWARD: Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen- the first women to cross the Antarctic landmass on foot are being recognized as two of the world's preeminent polar explorers.
EARTH AWARD: Jill Fredston- she has logged more than 20,000 miles exploring the rivers and coastlines in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Norway in a 20-foot rowing shell.
AIR & SPACE AWARD: Birgit Sattler- an Austrian explorer who has made the pioneering discovery that clouds are filled with living orgnanisms.
SEA AWARD: Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf- her community-based projects document traditional ecological knowledge and community resource management practices.
HUMANITY AWARD: Irina Nikolaeva- a Russian lingquist who has spent years documenting endangered languages and the traditional knowledge they embody.
FIELD RESEARCH AWARD: Lene Kielsen Holm- a native of Greenland and member of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) who is working with indigenious communities to study tradtitional knowledge about sea ice and its movement patterns.
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