Best Buy Joins Minnesota Dogsled Expedition to Alaska

Best Buy Children’s Foundation is the lead sponsor of GoNorth! Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 2006, a twelve-week adventure learning program that brings learning into classrooms LIVE from the field. Departing in March on a 700-mile dogsled journey across the Alaskan Arctic, using an interactive online curriculum, an international team of scientists, educators and explorers will teach K-12 students around the world about the realities of oil exploration and the search for renewable resources. Best Buy Children’s Foundation has partnered with the University of Minnesota to be the primary funder of this free adventure learning program.

“We know that interactive technology makes learning fun for students, and GoNorth! is a perfect example of how technology, adventure and fun can increase engagement and capture the attention of students worldwide,” said Paula Prahl, Vice President of Public Affairs at Best Buy.

More than 750 schools in Minnesota alone will participate in the program using the GoNorth! state-of the-art, interactive web site, www.PolarHusky.com. Students are able to interact and collaborate with topic experts, other users and GoNorth! team members live in the field. The robust online environment also includes a variety of multi-media tools that allows the audience to experience the Arctic as if they were there themselves.