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44: 22:(born 3 April 1964) is a British-American-French photographer, polar explorer, author, lecturer, and environmental advocate. He has led numerous expeditions in the polar regions to photograph and film endangered environments. In 2017, Copeland was named one of the world's top 25 adventurers of the last 25 years by Men's Journal. He is a fellow of 186:
Copeland led the Antarctica 2011–2012 Legacy Crossing. Over 82 days between 4 November 2011 and 24 January 2012 Sebastian and partner Eric McNair-Landry were the first to cross the Antarctica icecap from east to west via two of its poles. They used kites and skis, setting three new polar records in
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in defense of the Inuit's cultural loss to climate change. After two trips to Antarctica, in 2006 and 2007, he decided to try to combine fine art photography, adventure and environmental concerns. In 2007, Copeland released his first book
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In 2017, Copeland and partner Mark George attempted an unsupported mission on foot from Canada to the North Pole. Equipment failure and severe frostbites forced the team to abort mission after two days during a −60 °C cold spell.
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Copeland began his career in New York City directing music videos before moving on to commercial directing as well as professional photography with credits including fashion and advertising, album covers, and celebrities.
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station on Antarctica's East coast by non-motorized means and without assistance. They were also the first to link the POI to the South Pole without motorized transportation. On 24 January 2012, they finally reached
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on foot and without support, pulling all water and supplies on two-wheels carts. Their 651 km west-to-east crossing was the longest latitudinal traverse without motorized transportation.
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In 2008, Copeland and partner Luc Hardy led a group of nine children from international backgrounds to the northernmost edge of the Canadian arctic, on
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Copeland currently lives in Los Angeles. He continues to lead expeditions to remote parts of the world to which he hopes will increase awareness of
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in Chicago. His work is included in The Natural World Museum in San Francisco's permanent archive. In 2006 and 2007 prints from his first book,
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2007 Palace Press International (French translation Intervista; Spanish Lunwerg and German Rolf Heyne; Australia The Five Mile Press)
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In 2006 and 2007, Copeland spent two seasons aboard the scientific research ice breaker The Ice Lady Patagonia in the
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He spent 15 years on the board of directors for Global Green and is a founding member of Artists for Amazonia.
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2014 green good design copeland Award 2014 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design
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2007: International Photography Awards (IPA) --Professional Photographer of the Year Book Category for
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2011: Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris—Gold Award – Professional Press Nature/Environmental Category
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In 2009, Copeland mounted an expedition to the North Pole to commemorate the centennial of Admiral
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the process. Pulling 400 pounds (180 kg) of supplies each, they were the first to reach the
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2020: International Photography Award (IPA) Professional Book Photographer of the Year —
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2018: Camera Work Gallery, Berlin "Sebastian Copeland" 19 October 2018 – 1 December 2018
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British-American-French photographer, polar explorer, author, lecturer, and activist
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2019 Knighted in the National Order of Merit by French President Emmanuel Macron
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is a comprehensive visual record of the North Pole, including a foreword by
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2016 Tokyo Int'l Photography Award— Photographer of the Year for the book
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In 2005, Copeland led a media initiative in the Arctic in defense of the
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In 2005, Sebastian co-organized a media initiative in the Arctic with
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In August 2016, Copeland and partner Mark George crossed Australia's
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published by teNeues, representing 10 years of Arctic travel.
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2012: Arctic Awards – FIAP Medal & PSA The Arctic ribbon
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2020 Rizzoli Publishing (Introduction by Leonardo DiCaprio)
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expedition. His expedition was meant to raise awareness of
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2018 Germany's BAMBI award, in the "Our Earth" category
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In 2013, in Copeland completed his second documentary,
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Commitment: When The World Must Come Together As One
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2010 Gala Award, Germany – Environmental Stewardship
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In 2018, Copeland was given a public exhibit by the
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Index

The Explorers Club
Into the Cold
Tribeca Film Festival
Earth Day

Lille
Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Claude Casadesus
UCLA
climate change
Council on Foreign Relations
Peabody Essex Museum
Field Museum of Natural History
Huffington Post
The Planetworkshops
Inuit
Global Green USA
Antarctic Peninsula
Ellesmere island
Robert Peary
Tribeca Film Festival
Greenland
Kite skiing
global warming
Antarctica Pole of Inaccessibility
Novolazarevskaya
Hercules Inlet
Simpson Desert
Global Green USA
Sir Richard Branson

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