February 8
Chad Kister to speak on Arctic Climate Change Effects

Wed., Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m., Lord Auditorium, Pack Library, Asheville, NC

"Arctic Melting" author touring country by fuel-efficient train

After again traveling throughout the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic wilderness, author Chad Kister is on another speaking tour by train from the West Coast to the East Coast to promote his latest book, "Arctic Melting."

On February 8, Kister will speak and present a slide show at Lord Auditorium in the basement of the Pack Library in Asheville. The event is sponsored by the Canary Coalition.

Kister writes: "The permafrost has caved in with 20-foot-deep sinkholes, glaciers have melted 8 miles in the last 16 years, open water formed over the North Pole, Native American villages have crumbled into the sea along the Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait and pack ice has retreated hundreds of miles and decreased more than 40 percent in thickness in 50 years.

"Millions of acres of forest have died because of climate change induced insect outbreaks causing record fires, and the most well known Arctic animals like polar bear, walrus and seal are threatened with extinction."

If you want to know the facts, backed up by stunning photograhic evidence, don't miss this presentation.

For more information call the Canary Coalition at 828-631-3447, or visit www.canarycoalition.org.

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