In the News

This pushes all my skills: Steger to make 1,000-mile solo trek in Canada’s barrenlands
by Steger Wilderness Center - March 20, 2018
Written By Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune on Mar 18, 2018 - When Will Steger goes on spring break, he knows how to avoid crowds. He heads in a [...]
Will Steger heads to Canadian Arctic for latest adventure
by Steger Wilderness Center - March 19, 2018
By Cathy Wurzer, MPR - Steger, from Ely, Minn., became famous leading dogsled expeditions to the North Pole and across Greenland and Antarctica. [...]
Steger, 72, embarks on latest solo canoe/sled adventure
by Steger Wilderness Center - March 27, 2017
This is an excerpt from: Anderson: Steger, 72, embarks on latest solo canoe/sled adventureBy BRIAN PETERSON, Star Tribune on 03/24/17For [...]
A Closer Look With Arthur Levitt: Will Steger (Audio)
by Steger Wilderness Center - January 31, 2017
Arthur Levitt, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, interviews polar explorer and environmental activist, Will Steger, [...]
Prototyping the future at Will Steger’s Wilderness Center
by Steger Wilderness Center - February 14, 2016
This is an excerpt from: Exploring new economic and cultural prospects, Iron Range seeks life beyond mining By Jay Walljasper in the [...]
Will Steger to Air Tonight on The Mary Hanson Show
by Steger Wilderness Center - January 25, 2016
On Monday, January 25th, 2016 at 9 PM Will Steger's interview on The Mary Hanson Show will air.MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (January 25, 2016) - Polar [...]
Leading by example: Will Steger focuses on risks of climate change
by Steger Wilderness Center - October 15, 2015
Originally published at Ely Timberjay. Photo by John Ratzloff. PICKETTS LAKE—This past week, Ely explorer Will Steger showed he could [...]
Steger complex powered by renewable energy and St. Thomas ingenuity
by Steger Wilderness Center - October 14, 2015
Originally published at the St. Thomas newsroom. Photo by John Ratzloff. ELY, Minn. — Fifty-one summers ago, a 20-year-old student enamored [...]
In Minnesota, an Arctic explorer’s off-the-grid dream becomes reality
by Steger Wilderness Center - October 13, 2015
Originally published at Midwest Energy News. Photo by John Ratzloff. For decades, polar explorer and climate change activist Will Steger had [...]
Leadership retreat hidden in northern MN wilderness gets carbon-free power
by Steger Wilderness Center - October 8, 2015
Originally published at BringMeTheNews. Photo by John Ratzloff.Nestled in the picturesque, unspoiled surroundings of the Boundary Waters [...]