This blog is a group effort by all of the Teen Leadership Camp participants. The teens work in teams to report on their experiences and insights and to upload photos. Huge thanks to Frontiers North Adventures, the longtime Platinum Sponsor of the camp, for hosting the students.
Parting Thoughts
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 08:28What did camp mean to you? Our Teen Leadership Camp graduates share parting thoughts as they prepare to return home: Caroline Bass, Oregon ZooHearing what other teens have...
[Full Entry]Quotable Quotes
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 20:48“Robert Buchanan, CEO of PBI, really had an effect on me when he said, We won’t be able to take anything with us; it’s only what we leave behind. That’s what made me...
[Full Entry]A Lazy Bear & Energized Teens
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 19:37“When kangaroos wake up in the morning they always say good day, bounce bounce bounce bouce bounce bounce is what they say…” This morning we started out with the charming...
[Full Entry]Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 20:41Yesterday ended with a sunset, everything was peaceful. This morning, we woke up to rain pounding against the window, the Tundra Buggy® rocking from the wind, and Krista...
[Full Entry]White Rock or Polar Bear?
Monday, October 10, 2011 - 20:47Being on the tundra for the first time seems unreal. We started off the morning in the Winnipeg airport eating Tim Horton’s, and now we are in the Tundra Buggy® Lodge near...
[Full Entry]Blogging for the Bears
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 20:46It’s 8:30 at night, but it feels like 2:30 in the morning! We’re super-duper exhausted from our travels today to Winnipeg. Most of woke up in the lovely hours of the...
[Full Entry]Beware the Vegemite
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 17:16Hello Arctic Ambassadors of 2011! My name is Courtney Freyhauf, I’m from Macedonia, Ohio, and I was the Teen Arctic Ambassador in 2009 from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. I won’t...
[Full Entry]Save the Bears!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 16:23What did Leadership Camp mean to me? The obvious, and true, answer is it meant an opportunity to connect with like-minded people from across the globe, allowing us to unite...
[Full Entry]Super Excited
Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 12:59Wow. If someone had told me that someday I was going to get to see polar bears in the wild, I would have thought they were crazy. It seems like something that other people...
[Full Entry]Are You Ready?
Friday, August 19, 2011 - 10:36It's almost time to head North! I'm Chris Hitchener from the Roger Williams Park Zoo and I'll be returning to Churchill this fall for the third time. My first Leadership Camp...
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