NEW YORK, NY – The American Polar Society and the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society will host “Perspectives on the Arctic: Then and Now,” a program commemorating a century of
Arctic exploration and exploring the rapidly evolving geopolitics of the region.

The event celebrates the centennial anniversary of the historic 1926 North Pole flights of Richard Byrd and Roald Amundsen. Held in the iconic Kane-Peary-Byrd Room, a polar exhibition showcase in midtown Manhattan, the program includes a presentation by author Sheldon Bart (Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole), followed by
a panel of diplomats and policy experts discussing 21st-century strategic challenges.

Panelists include retired diplomat Raymond V. Arnaudo, Arctic policy scholar Captain Lawson
W. Brigham, Ph.D., former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor, Julia Nesheiwat, Ph.D., and former Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell.

Virtual participation by video conferencing is being extended to national polar research centers.

If you intend to participate, please note that in-person space is limited; please reserve your space now.

If you wish to join online, please indicate this option so we can send you a Zoom invite closer to the date.

For more information on the American Polar Society, please visit americanpolar.org.

For more information on the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, please visit kanehs.org