Humanities Iowa Speaking and Traveling Exhibit

My speaking engagements have been going great and whether at the Vail Symposium or my involvement traveling around Iowa through the Humanities Iowa speaking program (part of the National Endowment for the Humanities), I am really enjoying getting out and telling my story of being a witness to great change on this planet.

I also have my "One Island One Ocean" exhibit that is available for showing for anyone interested. This is an interactive exhibit about our 28,000 mile sailing voyage around the N/S American continents. Photographs, video and story-telling.  Next booked exhibit begins January 2014 at the University of Iowa as part of a larger Arctic exploration exhibit at the university galleries.

Summer is fast approaching and it will be very busy at my gallery and studio but please keep me in mind if you are interested in a keynote speaker for your group, large or small. I am currently speaking about the "new" Northwest Passage, you know, the ice-free one that small boats are zipping through every summer now. I tell the history of the exploration of the passage and of my three attempts to transit this infamous body of pack ice and water.

It is a crazy time we live in. There are many climate change "deniers" out there even though we have now hit 400 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere and lost half of the north polar ice cap in the past 35 years. There are 7 billion people on the planet, with 5 billion of those living within 100 miles of the ocean putting tremendous stress on our water resources of all types and threatening more disasters with this concentration of life so close to the waters edge.

We'll explore our world through my adventures on these edges of civilization. Please book me for an event soon. Thanks, David

New Book Project in the Works

One Island One Ocean has been an amazing project but now a little more than one year out, the project is ramping down. I am in the process of beginning a new and interactive e-book project that will involve my 20 years of polar sailing and exploring the planet, early years, 10,000 miles bike journey, videos, stills and story-telling in a 21st century presentation. This will be a major challenge but before I begin the "what's next" phase of my adventures, it is time to compile some of my best work over the years. Oh boy, here we go...

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Thank you to Jane Shuttleworth and everyone at the lab that made the spring Earth Day celebration and my presentation a very successful evening. We had a sold-out crowd and very good questions as I would always expect.

And thank you, Friends of Lakeside Lab for inviting me to speak at the big top Chautauqua celebration and fundraiser for the lab June 17th. It was a great and windy evening with wonderful stories and interesting discoveries of days gone by at the lakes and the importance of the lab to the area, state of Iowa and the world with its renowned diatom lab.

Colorado Mountain College

A big thank you to all who came to the CMC theatre and the following book signing to hear my presentation on Friday evening. It was a great night with around 200 people in attendance and the
proceeds donated to the Summit Foundation of Colorado.

Special thanks to Jennifer at the Summit Foundation and Debbie at CMC for all their help and attention to detail. Also thanks to my wife Kirsty who always makes sure things run well and never misses a beat. Thanks to all of you.

We love Summit County and the great environment here in the mountains. Thanks to groups like the Summit Foundation, life is better for everyone who lives here and visits the Rockies...

Speaking at Colorado Mountain College March 9

Join me at the Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, CO, on Friday evening, March 9th for a very special fund-raising event for the Summit Foundation.

The presentation begins at 7 pm and will run about one hour with a short Q&A session after. A dessert reception and a chance for more personal time to chat and ask questions will follow, along with a book signing of “One Island, One Ocean”. Tickets to the presentation are $10 and to attend both the presentation and reception with David are $20. Proceeds benefit The Summit Foundation and Colorado Mountain College. We hope to see you there! 

Please visit the Summit Foundation website for details on their wonderful organization and how you can contribute- http://www.summitfoundation.org/

One Island, One Ocean Book is Available!

I am happy to announce the publication of the new book on our expedition Around the Americas is now available to purchase. Titled "One Island, One Ocean" this beautiful photo book chronicles the entire 28,000 mile environmental adventure. Written by veteran Cruising World editor Herb McCormick with a forward by philanthropist David Rockefeller, the book contains over 350 images of the voyage by yours truly. I am very excited to have the book available at Blue Water Studios, local bookstores, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Published by Weldon Owen in San Francisco and distributed by
Simon & Schuster.

*Note- I am currently in the Rockies through March, but will have copies at the studio to personally sign and share April-October 2012.

Pearson Lakes Art Center Exhibit

What a great run for the exhibit (May 5 - July 5, 2011) at the Pearson LAC! We had huge attendance for the duration of the One Island One Ocean show. Roughly 200 people attended my presentation in the Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre for a very interesting and personal account of the Around the Americas adventure.

Thank you Danielle and everyone and the PLAC for making the exhibit a huge success.
*Please contact Danielle at the Pearson Lakes Art Center for booking information- 712-332-7013.