Meet the Team
 Dave Freeman |
In the Winter of 2001 Dave completed a 6 week, 225 mile, solo
toboggan trek along the Minnesota/Ontario border. Dubbed the Border Country
Adventure, Dave used a laptop computer and Globalstar Satellite phone to
post journals, photos, and other educational resources to connect with classrooms
across the country during his first learning adventure. During the last
five years he has played a vital role in the development and implementation
of eight online learning adventures through the Wilderness Classroom.
When not planning WCO expeditions, Dave spends his time crafting photos
and writing for newspapers, books, and on-line publications, as well as
guiding sea kayaking, canoeing, and dogsledding trips. Dave has worked
for Sawbill Canoe Outfitters since 1995, Superior Coastal Sports since
2001, and Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge since 1999. |
 Amy Voytilla |
Amy has been a sea kayak guide and instructor at Superior
Coastal Sports in Grand Marais, MN for the last three years. All summer
long Amy paddles almost every day for work, and is often found on the water
on her days off as well. She has taken to kayaking like a fish in water,
and her smooth, rhythmic paddling style is a pleasure to watch. In the rest
of the year Amy paddles out of the Lincoln Park Boat Club in Chicago where
she has been known to use her kayak as an ice-breaker in hopes of getting
one last paddle in before the years end!
She developed a love of Lake Superior and the BWCAW during many paddling,
hiking, and cross-country skiing trips with her family throughout her
childhood. When she is not paddling she is making art and using art as
a means of connecting to others. A graduate of Macalester College in Studio
Art and Psychology, Amy recently earned her Masters Degree in Art Therapy
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is eager to return
home to Minnesota and to the shores of Lake Superior, where she is happiest
out on the big lake. |
