This weekend marked the first annual "Live Green Expo" in Duluth, and among the booths, photographers, and artwork, was one of the Northland's most prominent voices for the preservation of the arctic.
Meteorologist Shannon Murphy was in attendance and has all the green highlights.

Thousands of people flocked to the DECC this weekend for the premier of the "Live Green Expo".

"It's been really great. To be part of something that was a first annual."

"We wanted to put this on to have people thinking of building or becoming a little more green in their life. A place to come and see it all at once, and know where to go, and get ideas, and if they weren't green, maybe they will get a little more... greener..."

Some came for the eco–friendly advice, but out of all the attractions available, polar explorer and Minnesota native Will Steger drew the largest crowd.

"I wanted to show you what my observations have been so you can see that global warming is real up there and it is also going to start changing our climate down here."

Steger was part of a 6–person team that voyaged the longest route possible across Antarctica... a mission that took 222 days.

His team watched ice shelves disappear and glaciers collapse in the arctic, which is also believed to threaten the lives of the animals who call these regions home.

Although the topic of Global Warming is sometimes controversial, Steger looks at conservation methods as a win–win situation.

"Every way from which we use energy is going to change for the good. It's going to be more conservation; we'll get cars to 100 miles per gallon, hopefully, soon. It's all for the best of this world. Even if we didn't have global warming, we should rapidly escalate into this energy transformation and have our country lead that transformation."

In Duluth, meteorologist Shannon Murphy, the Northland's NewsCenter.

Will Steger will be back in Duluth October 22 promoting his tour called "The Longest Summer" which he is hoping to educate emerging leaders of our future on the issues regarding climate change.