Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul Page #3

Copeland who is travelling...

...to the North Pole to raise

awareness about global warming.

Global Green's resident architect

trekker, author, and Board Member,..

...also an Angeleno. Sebastian

will depart on a two-month...

...Arctic trip to the North Pole to

document ice cap melts,..

...to bring further attention to the

loss of the Arctic to global warming.

Today, the city of West Hollywood

made a proclamation of...

...my departure and gifted me

with a certificate and...

...a proper send off

at City Hall.

lt's a great honor to have you

recognize this trip.

As you've mentioned the North Pole

is a rapidly changing environment.

lt has had the greatest

consecutive ice loss...

...culminating in the last two years

with about a half million...

...square miles of ice loss

in the summer periods.

That's an area the size of

California and Texas combined.

Welcome back to Larry King Live.

lt's now a great pleasure to

welcome Sebastian Copeland.

The acclaimed photographer

and environmental advocate...

...who serves on the board of

Directors of Global Green USA.

His photographs are in the book

Antarctica:
The Global Warning.

The foreword, by the way, to this

book is by Mikhail Gorbachev,..

...and the preface by

Leonardo DiCaprio.

Larry King had me on the show

discussing the importance of...

...creating an international treaty

for the protection of the Arctic,..

...and how different the Arctic

is today than it was...

...a hundred years ago.

Training for the Pole

is a daunting task.

With a 70% failure rate it presents

life and death challenges...

...for even the fittest

of athletes.

Early morning workout starts with a

one-hour workout at 7:00, then...

...a hearty breakfast and a yoga

session for an hour and a half,..

...then do some work

and emails.

Then in the afternoon with

an hour and a half hike...

...with a hundred pound vest.

And in between, just

eat a lot of calories.

l'll take this guy to the Arctic;

feed him to the polar bears.

The meditation practiced here will

provide me with the strength...

...needed to combat the isolation

one feels from traveling...

...the frozen wilderness.

My daily routine then led me to my

afternoon hike at Runyon Canyon.

l take my 100-pound vest and climb

to the grand vistas of Los Angeles.

Come on, let's go.

One day all of this will produce

power sustainably.

And it won't be a day too soon.

Come on, girl.

March 18th 2009.

Departure is finally upon us,..

...after months of

training and preparation!

A seamstress works late

into the night to affix...

...the sponsor patches

onto the outerwear.

Meanwhile, back at the fort and

with the company of a handful...

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