As a sailing instructor hundreds of crewmembers have joined me in sailing in the north and most of them share my passion for this high arctic wilderness.

   Beginning in May 2008 we will set sail on a twelve-month sailing expedition circumnavigating North America. Our goal is to call attention to the necessity for international initiatives aimed at slowing global warming.

All together we will sail through the Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage, the homeland of Inuit people, we will pass by Kodiak Island, home to brown bears and we will sail alongside Orcas as we move down the coast of British Columbia. We will travel south to Mexico with migrating gray whales; and we will visit the magical coast of the Cunas Indians in San Blas archipelago. Our expedition will take us into ports of call in major cities of North America. We will return in May 2009 to our point of beginning, Tromsø, Norway.

   With your help as participating crewmembers we will bear witness to a world that is rapidly changing. Together with writers and scientists we will begin to actively and collectively write a general statement of citizen involvement in curtailing global warming in both the polar and tropical worlds.

   Around North America 2008-2009 is set to launch during International Polar year and will emphasis the dramatic changes now occurring in the north, as well as in non-polar regions.