Arctic Explorer and Educator Moki Kokoris Visits Brookfield Library

From The Brookfield Library: Please join us as arctic explorer and educator Moki Kokoris gives us a fascinating overview of the Arctic which will include her personal account of an expedition to the North Pole and:

• An atmospheric and optical phenomenon unique to Polar regions
• Science of sea ice, northern lights, climate change, ecology
• Distinct animals of the Far North, their behavior and habitats
• Indigenous cultures, traditional lifestyles and mythology

A visionary multidisciplinary educator, editor, writer and environmental advocate, Moki Kokoris is the founder of “90-north” – an outreach education program series that introduces audiences to topics relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, covering all disciplines from Anthropology to Zoology.

Kokoris is also Director of the Wilderness Research Foundation, Visiting Speaker for the Arctic Research Consortium of the US and member of the Explore Foundation’s World Explorers Bureau. She is the first woman of Ukrainian descent to reach the Geographic North Pole, and the fourteenth woman to successfully reach the North Pole. Read more about Moki Kokoris here.

This program has been generously funded by The Friends of The Brookfield Library. Please register so that we can plan seating, online or by calling the library, 203-775-6241.

Photo Courtesy of The Brookfield Public Library