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ACES Wild Perspectives Speaker Series Presents Penguins, Peaks and Off-Piste Skiing: Skiing the Antarctica Peninsula with Samantha (Sammy) Podhurst

Mar. 7, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) and The Collective Snowmass for the winter speaker series, Wild Perspectives. The series features exciting accounts of world travel, adventure and the natural world through stories and visual media.

About this Week’s Event:
Podhurst always thought the closest she would ever get to exploring the polar region of Antarctica would be through watching “Planet Earth.” Then, this past year, an opportunity was presented to go skiing in Antarctica. What she experienced was nothing short of spectacular, including curious penguins, breaching orcas and wild landscapes. Join Podhurst as she takes us on her journey across the Drake Passage to skiing on the Antarctic Peninsula with birds wearing their finest apparel.

  • Podhurst grew up in central New Jersey. She moved to Colorado to began working at Aspen Expeditions in 2011 as a senior ski, rock and alpine guide. She has embarked on expeditions across the globe from the Himalayas to the Peruvian Andes and many places in between. If ever posed with a second career opportunity, she says she would make homemade greeting cards and breed border collies.

Wild Perspectives is free and open to the public. Please consider making a $10 suggested donation to benefit ACES’ programs in environmental science education. Seating is first-come, first-served and patrons are encouraged to arrive early.

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