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'''John Huston''' (born August 14, 1976) is an American [[polar explorer]], [[motivational speaker]], wilderness guide, and safety and logistics consultant. In 2009, Huston completed the first successful unsupported<ref>{{cite web|last1=Celizic|first1=Mike|title=Top of the world! They made it there unassisted|url=http://www.today.com/id/30579464/ns/today-today_news/t/top-world-they-made-it-there-unassisted/#.VT7z0mRViko|website=Today News|publisher=NBC News}}</ref> American expedition to the [[North Pole]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harrison|first1=Lauren R.|title=Chicagoan John Huston back from icy trek to North Pole, ready for baseball|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-04-28/news/0904270451_1_john-huston-north-pole-polar-expedition|website=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref> He has also completed expeditions to the [[South Pole]], [[Greenland]], and [[Ellesmere Island]]. Huston is the co-author of [https://www.amazon.ca/Forward-First-American-Unsupported-Expedition/dp/1937747905 Forward: The First American Unsupported Expedition to the North Pole].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Huston started his career in [[Minnesota]]’s [[Boundary Waters]].<ref name="Team Bergans: John Huston">{{cite web|title=Team Bergans|url=http://bergans.eu/tema/expedition/team/13/john-huston|website=Bergans of Norway|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419205928/http://bergans.eu/tema/expedition/team/13/john-huston|archivedate=2015-04-19|df=}}</ref> From 2000 to 2005, Huston worked full-time at [[Outward Bound]], an expedition school that leads active learning trips.<br />
In the spring of 2005, Huston was the only North American selected to join a team of Norwegians restaging [[Roald Amundsen]]’s 1911 expedition to the [[South Pole]] for a [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] and [[BBC]] documentary. The expedition team skied and dog sledded 1400 miles over 72 days on the [[Greenland]] icecap, using 1911 period clothing, equipment and food. During December 2007 and January 2008, Huston led a full-length ski expedition to the South Pole, covering 720 miles in 57 days.<br />
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In April 2009, Huston and his expedition partner, Tyler Fish, traveled unsupported from land to the North Pole.<ref name="Tyler Fish">{{cite web|last1=Hedberg|first1=Melanie M.|title=Overcoming the odds in ‘Race to the Pole’|url=http://ecmpostreview.com/2013/04/03/overcoming-the-odds-in-race-to-the-pole/|website=East Central Minnesota Post Review|publisher=ECM Publishers}}</ref> In doing so, they became the first North Americans to complete this trip.<ref>{{cite web|title=Polar Statistics|url=http://www.adventurestats.com/statistics.shtml#polar|website=Adventure Stats|publisher=ExplorersWeb Inc.}}</ref> Th 55-day, 475-mile journey had been accomplished by 13 prior expeditions and is considered the toughest expedition on the planet by many in the polar exploration industry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Romanska|first1=Magda|title=A Conversation with John Huston, Polar Explorer, about "69˚S. (The Shackleton Project)"|url=http://theadventive.blogspot.com/2012/01/a-conversation-with-john-huston-polar.html#.VT7xB2RViko|website=ArtsEmerson|publisher=Emerson College}}</ref> Huston highlights themes of this expedition in his motivational lectures.<ref name="North Pole explorer shares advice">{{cite web|last1=Merchant|first1=Safiya|title=North Pole explorer shares advice with Glenbard West students|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150414/news/150419320/|website=Daily Herald|publisher=Paddock Publications}}</ref><br />
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In March 2013, Huston (United States), Tobias Thorleifsson (Norway), Hugh Dale-Harris (Canada), and Kyle O’Donoghue ([[South Africa]]), an expedition filmmaker, completed a 630-mile expedition on [[Ellesmere Island]] in the Canadian High Arctic. The team filmed their expedition for the documentary New Land 2013.<ref name="Profile: New Land 2013 Expedition">{{cite web|title=Profile: New Land 2013 Expedition|url=https://www.isuma.tv/members/new-land-2013-expedition|website=Isuma}}</ref><br />
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Recently, Huston has worked as a guide in polar base camps, where he has assisted film crews and scientists operating in temperatures down to -57&nbsp;°F (-50&nbsp;°C).<br />
Huston currently consults with other polar expeditions to run logistics, safety and communications for teams on the ice. He also advises and serves as a safety auditor for educational outdoor programs like Project Wildcat, a backpacking program that Huston co-founded in 1996 for incoming students at [[Northwestern University]].<ref name="Founder of Project Wildcat sets out for North Pole">{{cite web|title=John Huston Sets Out for North Pole|url=http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2009/feature/johnhuston.html|website=Northwestern Magazine|publisher=Northwestern University}}</ref><br />
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=== Personal life ===<br />
Huston trains daily.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lederman|first1=Jason|title=A 600-mile Arctic journey|url=http://wgnradio.com/2013/03/06/a-600-mile-arctic-journey/|website=WGN Radio|publisher=WGNAM}}</ref> He spends his downtime cooking, reading, and traveling. He lives in on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]] in [[Evanston, Illinois]] with his wife.<ref name="Outside Online: John Huston preparation">{{cite web|last1=Aldonas|first1=Noah|title=John Huston on Polar Expeditions and Polar Bears|url=http://www.outsideonline.com/1919501/john-huston-polar-expeditions-and-polar-bears|website=Outside|publisher=Outside Online}}</ref><br />
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=== Degrees ===<br />
Bachelor of Arts in [[History]], [[Anthropology]], and [[Geography]] from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois<br />
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== Expeditions ==<br />
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=== New Land – Ellesmere Island, Canada (2013) ===<br />
Huston and his teammates, Tobias Thorleifsson,<ref>{{cite web|title=Arctic explorers to make trek to Maritime Aquarium|url=http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Arctic-explorers-to-make-trek-to-Maritime-Aquarium-4033153.php|website=Stamford Advocate|publisher=Hearst Media Services}}</ref> Hugh Dale-Harris, and Kyle O’Donoghue, retraced portions of Norwegian explorer [[Otto Sverdrup]]’s 2nd Fram expedition<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coetzer|first1=Correne|title=ExWeb interview with John Huston, celebrating Otto Sverdrup and the 2nd Fram expedition|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=21149|website=Polar Explorers Web|publisher=ExplorersWeb Inc.}}</ref> on Ellesmere Island.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dale-Harris|first1=Hugh|title=Plotting an Arctic Journey|url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=1343|website=Canadian Geographic|publisher=Canadian Geographic Enterprises|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411003330/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=1343|archivedate=2015-04-11|df=}}</ref> They made the documentary film Mystery of the Arctic Cairn<ref>{{cite web|title=Mystery of the Arctic Cairn|url=http://pbsinternational.org/programs/mystery-of-the-arctic-cairn/|website=PBS International|publisher=PBS Distribution}}</ref> about their journey. The team skijored over 600 miles in 65 days.<ref name="Evanston man prepares for Arctic trip">{{cite web|last1=Swasko|first1=Mick|title=Evanston man prepares for Arctic trip by eating butter, pulling tires|url=http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2013-03-04/news/37445276_1_evanston-man-john-huston-butter|website=RedEye|publisher=RedEye Chicago}}</ref><br />
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=== [[Victorinox]] North Pole Expedition (2009) ===<br />
Huston completed the first American unsupported expedition to the North Pole with Tyler Fish.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kogh|first1=Ryan|title=Skiing the North Pole|url=http://www.outsideonline.com/1905596/skiing-north-pole|website=Outside Magazine}}</ref> They finished 478 miles in 55 days with no resupplies.<ref name="First unsupported Americans to the North Pole">{{cite web|last1=Paulson|first1=Jim|title=First unsupported Americans to the North Pole: Interview with "Forward" authors John Huston and Tyler Fish|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=20530|website=ExplorersWeb}}</ref><br />
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=== NorthWinds Vision South Pole Expedition (2007-2008) ===<br />
Huston lead this 720-mile ski expedition to the South Pole in 57 days, with resupplies.<br />
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=== [[Global Warming]] 101 Expedition – [[Baffin Island]], Canada (2007) ===<br />
Huston worked as the on-site expedition manager for this [[Will Steger]]-led team.<ref name="Will Steger Expedition Team">{{cite web|last1=Baffin Island Expedition|title=Meet the Expedition Team|url=http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/baffin-island-expedition-2007/mee-the-team|website=Will Steger Foundation|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130717083431/http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/baffin-island-expedition-2007/mee-the-team|archivedate=2013-07-17|df=}}</ref> This 100-day dogsled expedition<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fenton|first1=Abby|title=Trail Dispatches|url=http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/baffin-island-expedition-2007/trail-dispatches|website=Will Steger Foundation|publisher=Will Steger Foundation|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20150428024613/http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/baffin-island-expedition-2007/trail-dispatches|archivedate=2015-04-28|df=}}</ref> linked [[Inuit]] villages to schools in the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="Baffin Island Expedition Overview">{{cite web|title=Baffin Island Expedition 2007|url=http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/baffin-island-expedition-2007|website=Will Steger Foundation}}</ref><br />
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=== The Modern Amundsen Expedition – Greenland (2005) ===<br />
Huston worked as a dog musher on a team of Norwegian explorers to re-stage Roald Amundsen’s race to the South Pole for a BBC and History Channel documentary film project.<ref name="Northwestern Magazine: John Huston">{{cite web|title=Climate Change from a Polar Explorer's Perspective|url=http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/winter2007/cover/livinggreen_sidebar/Climate_Change_from_a_Polar_Explorers_Perspective.html|website=Northwestern Magazine|publisher=Northwestern University}}</ref> [[Rune Gjeldnes]] led the expedition team of Harald Kippenes, Ketil Reitan, and Inge Soleheim. The team spent 72 days traveling 1,400 miles by dogsled and cross country ski, using only 1911-style food, clothing and equipment.<ref name="NPR: Remembering The Race To The South Pole">{{cite web|last1=Flatow|first1=Ira|title=Remembering The Race To The South Pole|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128721736|website=NPR|publisher=NPR}}</ref><br />
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== Guiding ==<br />
John has been guiding since 1996. He has led major polar expeditions and guided television crews on the [[Arctic Ocean]]. Previous work includes: Northwinds Polar Training with the Canadian Military Special Forces Unit in [[Iqaluit, Nunavut]], Canada; [[Catlin Arctic Survey]] with [[CNN]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cousteau|first1=Philippe|title=Extreme science in the Arctic Circle|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/22/arctic.expedition/|website=CNN|publisher=Cable News Network}}</ref> British Channel 4, and [[Al Jazeera English]] at the Arctic Ocean Scientific Base Camp;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chao|first1=Steve|title=Adventure at the Catlin Ice Base|url=http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/americas/adventure-catlin-ice-base|website=Al Jazeera|publisher=Al Jazeera America, LLC}}</ref> Northwinds Vision South Pole Expedition; Voyageur Outward Bound School; and Project Wildcat at Northwestern University.<br />
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== Awards/Honors ==<br />
2013: [[Minnesota Book Awards]] Finalist<ref name="Minnesota Book Awards finalists named">{{cite web|last1=Laurie|first1=Hertzel|title=Minnesota Book Awards finalists named|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/188504301.html|website=Star Tribune|publisher=StarTribune}}</ref><br />
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2012: [[Independent Book Publishers Association|IBPA]] Benjamin Franklin Award, Sports and Recreation Book of the Year<ref name="2012 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Winners">{{cite web|title=2012 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Winners|url=http://www.ibpa-online.org/benefits/benjamin-franklin-awards/2012bfa/|website=Independent Book Publishers Association}}</ref><br />
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