Atacama Extreme - Jan-Feb 2011

On February 12th 2011, i2P founder Ray Zahab completed the Atacama Extreme Expedition! The expedition began near the Peruvian border, north of Arica, and ended in the Province of Copiapo approximately 1,200km later. The expedition took a total of 20 days to complete and Ray ran an average of 60km per day while carrying camping supplies and relied on minimal daily water/food re-supplies. During the expedition, Ray communicated via videoconferencing to students everywhere!

This expedition followed the Amazon Youth Expedition which took place in October 2010. The topic of biodiversity was once again visited and the contrast of the Atacama Desert to the Amazon Jungle was highlighted. Daily video journals touched on topics such as history, industry, life and desert environment.

Visit: AtacamaExtreme.com

Siberian Express for Water - March 2010

i2P Founder Ray Zahab and i2P Ambassador Kevin Vallely teamed up for another epic impossible2Possible expedition. The two adventurers travelled to the far reaches of frozen Siberia and the remote shores of Lake Baikal, the oldest, deepest lake in the world, to run some 650km unsupported down the length of its frozen surface. The team averaged approximately 50km per day on this grueling expedition, while hauling all of their food and supplies.

The 2010 i2P Siberian Express For Water team is ventured out in an effort to inspire and educate young people while at the same time pushing the boundaries of endurance. Throughout the expedition, the team interacted and shared the adventure daily with thousands of students from across North America in a hope to challenge them and their schools to raise awareness and funding for water projects in Africa. Where better to stage such an effort than atop the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, the world's most volumous fresh-water lake?

The 2010 i2P Siberian Express For Water website will go live in early January 2010 and demonstrated once again why the i2P Experiential Learning program has been touted by Apple Distinguished educators as “21st Century learning”, and “truly ground breaking”. The i2P web-team introduced a streaming video component to the expedition - expanding the boundries of interactivity - allowing students to communicate directly with the adventurers as they traversed the frozen barrens of Siberia. i2P's Educational Director, Dr. Ewan Affleck, again teamed up with educators, scientists, and advisors to create the captivating i2P Education Resource modules which proved extremely successful for teachers and students alike. The i2P Educational Resource Program gave students the experiential learning much desired by modern educators, truly bringing the classroom to the outside world as it unfolded before them.

Visit: SiberianX.com

South Pole Quest Expedition - Dec 2008 - Jan 2009

A self-supported, 1,100km speed trek from Hercules Inlet, Antarctica, to the Geographic South Pole in a record time of: 33 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes.

To inspire the adventurer in everyone by attempting the impossible—a self-supported speed trek in which three world-class adventurers pulled sleds weighing close to 200 pounds from Hercules Inlet to the Geographic South Pole, setting a speed record for this traditional expedition route. The trek covered 1,100km mostly uphill distance, taking the adventurers from sea level to approxiately 10,000 feet in temperatures of less than -40 degrees Celcius. The team achieved a new world record.

During the expedition, i2P Adventurers blogged daily, and answered questions from students on the South Pole Quest website. Thousands of students had a two way street of communication with the South Pole Quest team and were active team members during this expedition. The South Pole, viewed by scientists as a key part of the earth's thermostatic regulation system, is undergoing changes that threaten to destroy the earth's fragile balance, impacting human communities around the globe. i2P's South Pole Quest raised awareness, support research, and educated youth with daily free downloadable modules, and challenged them to achieve their own Extraordinary Acts.

Visit: SouthPoleQuest.com

The Canada ONEXONE Expedition - May 2008

An Ultra-Marathon in all thirteen Canadian Provinces and Territories in thirteen Days.

To introduce the newly formed Impossible2Possible while raising awareness and support for the Canada-based humanitarian organization ONEXONE and their efforts to help children in need both at home and worldwide.

Starting May 11th, 2008, Ray Zahab and a team of runners set off to run 80 kilometres a day for 13 days straight – through 13 provinces and territories - in an effort to inspire youth and raise awareness for the ONEXONE foundation!

From participating with 10,000 students in Saskatoon to meeting with Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine, the journey was both inspirational and effective in elevating awareness for ONEXONE.

Visit: CanadaONEXONE.com