About the Expedition
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Between April 2007 and November 2008 Dave Freeman and Eric Frost are leading a team of educators on a 3,300 mile journey across South America. Our educational program is designed to improve students reading, critical thinking, and communication skills and stresses the importance of learning and exploration by introducing students to the plants, animals, and people of one of the world's wildest places, the Amazon Rainforest. |
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Dave Freeman answers students questions during a live Internet chat during Project Peru 2006. Expedition members use laptops and satellite phones to communicate with schools on a daily basis from the Amazon. |
The goal of the Trans-Amazon Expedition is to empower people to make changes in their lives, which will protect the world's remaining forests and combat global warming. The expedition is broken into three, six to eight week segments over the course of three school years. Students, teachers, and learners of all ages participate in the live expeditions through photos, videos, and text posted to the Internet via satellite daily throughout the live expeditions. |
Join us from October 6 to November 21, 2008 for the final stage of the Trans-Amazon Expedition!
During the first leg of the Trans-Amazon Expedition, the team bicycled 500 miles from the Pacific Ocean over the Andes Mountains to Yurimaguas, Peru, where the road ends at the edge of Amazon Rainforest. From Yurimaguas the team paddled 500 miles down tribuaries of the Amazon River through the heart of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. The Pacaya Samiria covers an area the size of New Jersey and because of its remote location the interior of the reserve is rarely explored by outsiders.
During the second stage of the expedition, the team paddled 1,500 miles from Iquitos, Peru to Manaus, Brazil. As they paddled through Peru, Columbia, and Brazil they studied the plants, animals, and people of one of the worlds wildest and most bio-diverse parts of the Amazon River.
The third stage of the Trans-Amazon Expedition will take place in October and November, as the team paddles the remaining 1,000 miles from Manaus, Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.
How can I get my students involved?
- Register with the Wilderness Classroom, download the TAE teachers' guide, and help your students participate at school and at home. Registration is free, and only takes a minute or two to complete.
- Attend one of our teacher training workshops and let Dave and Eric provide you with easy ways to integrate TAE into your existing curriculum.
- Sign up for a Wilderness Classroom school assembly and have Dave Freeman and other members of the expedition team visit your school!
Trans-Amazon Expedition: (Total 3,300 miles-- 500 bicycle; 2,800 canoe)
| Lima, Peru to Iquitos, Peru (hiking & canoe) | April 2 to May 14, 2007 |
| Iquitos, Peru to Manaus, Brazil (canoe) | Mar. 31 to May 15, 2008 |
| Manaus, Brazil to Bellem, Brazil (canoe) | Oct. 6 to Nov. 21, 2008 |
