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About Liv
Liv (pronounced ´leave´) Arnesen is a highly sought-after motivational speaker among corporations, schools and non-profit organizations. Through her diverse roles as a polar explorer, educator and motivational leader, Liv ignites passion in others to reach beyond their normal boundaries and achieve their dreams by sharing her own stories about exploring some of the most remote places on earth. Liv will share her lessons from making history with Ann Bancroft as the first women to ski across Antarctica´s landmass a 94-day, 1,717-mile trek or her first expedition to Antarctica, on which she made international headlines by being the first woman to ski solo and unsupported - a 50-day, 745 (1,200km) to the South Pole. Liv also has fascinating lectures on climbing but not making the summit of Mount Everest, crossing the Greenland Ice Cap, and can also focus on career development. She motivates with topics of teamwork, passion and leadership and captivates audiences with her wit, her expertise and her adventures. Liv is fluent in both Norwegian and English.
As an educator, polar explorer, and outdoor adventurer, Liv has a vast knowledge in leadership, self-management, teamwork, dealing with constantly changing conditions and adapting these messages to the workplace.Liv´s expeditions have been featured by the BBC, CNN, and National Public Radio. | | | | Awards/Honors
| * | Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year 2001
| | * | Trailblazer Award from the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame
| | * | Award from the Norwegian - American Chamber of Commerce and honored with numerous other awards for her accomplishments. | | | Liv also has been featured in national print publications, such as People, USA Today, Ladies Home Journal, Glamour, Current Biography Magazine, Outside, Sports Illustrated for Women, O, the Oprah Magazine, and Time for Kids, as well as more than 50 international newspapers and magazines in Japan, Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, England, Australia, Italy and Chile. Liv is an internationally recognized leader and role model for women and girls. The Bancroft Arnesen Expedition (2001) engaged over 3 million students in 46 countries.
After Arnesen's South Pole trek in 1994, she founded her own company, which provides motivational lectures and team-building programs to corporations. Liv and Ann's Antarctica expedition also sparked Bancroft Arnesen Explore, designed to share Ann and Liv´s stories with audiences around the globe through multi-media presentations, short films, workshops, curricula andlectures as a way to motivate people to reach for their own dreams, particularly women and girls.
Arnesen spends many of her summer holidays in the Arctic at Spitsbergen as an expedition leader for Spitsbergen Travel (previously called Svalbard Polar Travel), a company for which she work as marketing director prior to her 1994 South Pole expedition. Currently she is working on a Master of Management degree.
Liv is currently preparing for her next expedition an attempt to become the first women´s expedition to ski across the mostly-frozen Arctic Ocean - Liv recently toured the U.S., U.K. and Canada to promote her book No Horizon Is So Far, which she and Ann co-authored with Cheryl Dahle, telling the story of Liv and Ann´s crossing of Antarctica.
Liv calls home Oslo, Norway.
For information on booking Liv Arnesen please contact Liv Arnesen at liv@livarnesen.com
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