Sebastian Copeland

Sebastian Copeland is a polar explorer, photographer, author, and environmental activist. Sebastian has led expeditions across the Arctic sea, Greenland and Antarctica, covering over 8,000 kilometers on skis over the ice and earning multiple records in the process. Among them is the first East-West transcontinental crossing of Antarctica via the Pole of Inaccessibility and the South Pole, a 2500 mile journey completed over 82 days. An international speaker on the climate crisis for more than a decade, Sebastian has addressed audiences at the UN, at universities and museums worldwide, and many fortune 500 companies warning of the systemic transformations taking place in the polar regions from anthropogenic activities, and their geopolitical consequences. Sebastian is a member of the Explorers Club. He sits on the board of directors of President Gorbachev’s Global Green USA. Sebastian’s mission is to bring the poles to the lower latitudes and help people appreciate its beauty and relevance to engage a program of global action on climate. Noted as a photographer “who has produced works that are of outstanding artistic merit and communicates messages of urgent global significance,” Sebastian has produced two monograms on Antarctica with a third to be published late 2015, this time on the Arctic. He has directed two films covering his North Pole mission and record setting Greenland crossing. In 2017, Sebastian will attempt an unsupported crossing of the Arctic sea from Canada.