For 15 years, Lonnie Dupre has lived on and off with the Inuit and travelled 11,800 miles throughout the Arctic regions of the world by dog team, ski and kayak. He has organized and participated in seven major Arctic expeditions including a 3000-mile crossing of the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage and holds kayaking and dog-sledging records in Greenland. Dupre has authored a book entitled Greenland Expedition – Where Ice Is Born, and his expeditions have been featured in Readers Digest, Outside Magazine, Backpacker, Australian Geographic, Sea Kayaker, Explorers Journal and World Traveler.

Born in Minnesota in 1961, Dupre is an accomplished outdoor photographer whose special interests include a continuing study of traditional Inuit lifestyle and culture. In his spare time he enjoys woodworking and backcountry skiing in the Quetico / Boundary Waters wilderness areas of the Minnesota/Canadian border area.