Penguins, Polar Bears, Peaks, and Playas: Geographical Journeys to the Four Poles

It has become fashionable in the last few years to scale the seven highest peaks on each continent or walk across a continent or visit every country in the world. In this vein, our speaker, Dr. Richard Benfield, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Central Connecticut State University, took four journeys in 2023 to the four geographic poles: North Pole, South Pole and the other two. (Other two? Where are they?)

In this presentation we will focus on the four poles and the animals and people who live there: their landscapes, their livelihoods, and their flora and fauna. This presentation will show that even you can go there (though one of the poles is somewhat challenging) and take you into geographical worlds where few venture… and you will also learn for your next trivia contest where the other two poles are located on earth!