Modern Day Explorer Comes to Winston-Salem!

Columbus, Magellan, Lewis & Clark... Meet Jon Bowermaster

I think most of us generally think of "explorers" in the past tense, as if there is nothing left on the planet to be discovered! How 'big' of us, right? I know I'm guilty as charged. There are still plenty of unexplored corners of the world, and tomorrow, October 26th, residents of Winston-Salem, NC, will have the opportunity to meet a modern day explorer. Jon Bowermaster is a National Geographic Explorer/Adventurer and award-winning writer and filmmaker. It has taken Bowermaster a decade to complete his film project, "OCEANS 8," and - tomorrow - he will present two slide shows, the first at Forsyth Country Day School, a local private school, and the second at Wake Forest University, on the effects of climate change in Antarctica.

For his "OCEANS 8" project, Bowermaster and his team explored bodies of water near the Aleutian Islands, Vietnam, French Polynesia, Chile/Argentina/Bolivia, Gabon, Croatia, Tasmania, and lastly, Antarctica, the focus of his slide shows and the capstone film to his project. "Terra Antarctica" is currently a finalist in the Blue Ocean Film Festival. View the trailer for some stunning footage of this arctic landscape:



The presentations are sponsored by National Geographic, Mountain Hardwear, and Great Outdoor Provision Co. Since the slide show at Forsyth Country Day School is limited to students and faculty, you should try to make it out to the one at Wake Forest (assuming you are a Winston resident...). It will be held at 7 pm in the Annenberg Forum in Carswell Hall.