Paul Pregont

(USA)- Expedition Director, Expedition Leader

Paul has led a life of high adventure that has enabled him to combine his love of the outdoors with his passion for enlightening people through education. As an educator, explorer, environmentalist and lecturer, he has traveled thousands of miles by dogsled in the Arctic regions and has become a leader in "adventure learning" from development through implementation of online classroom expeditions.

As a member of the US Disabled Ski Team, high achievement in teaching came early to Pregont. He was a dedicated teacher and coach of blind students -- gaining their trust to lead them down the slopes of a mountain solely on his voice commands. After several National Championships, Pregont and his legally blind partner won three World Championship medals in 1990.

In 1991 Pregont joined Will Steger to be a team member of the 1992 - 1995 International Arctic Project (IAP) that completed a four-month traverse of the Arctic Ocean by dogsled and canoe. Featured in the January 1996 issue of National Geographic, the expedition team made telecommunication history by communicating daily with millions worldwide via the Internet and sending the first digital image from the North Pole.

Upon completion of IAP, Pregont saw the continued need for innovative K-12 education solutions that apply emerging advanced information technologies. Interacting with scores of students worldwide, he had experienced first-hand the power of using exploration, adventure and real-time communication to promote interactive, collaborative learning. In 1996 Pregont founded NOMADS Adventure & Education - a leader in the concept adventure learning.

Pregont's commitment to environmental responsibility extended to a corporate environment in 1988 when he founded Mid-States Recycling Systems, Inc. in Chicago, IL to market equipment for recycling plastic, glass and paper. Among the firm's achievements was supplying equipment to the City of Chicago for their "Blue Bag" Material Recycling Facility.

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