Lonnie was born in 1961 and raised on a Minnesota country farm. He is descended on his mother’s side from Jacques Cartier, the French explorer and founder of Quebec. Lonnie currently lives in Grand Marais, Minnesota  enjoying  woodworking and back country skiing in the Quetico/Boundary Waters Wilderness of the Minnesota/Canadian border area.
 

Accomplishments: 
 

•  Dupre completed the first west to east, 3,000 mile winter crossing of Canada’s famed Northwest Passage by dog team
   

• Achieved the first circumnavigation of Greenland, a 6,500 mile, all non-motorized journey by kayak and dog team
   

• Lonnie has pulled sleds on skis from Canada to the North Pole twice achieving over 68 million impressions worldwide on issues surrounding climate change
   

• Dupre accomplished the first solo winter ascent of Alaska’s Mount Denali (20,340ft.) in January
   

• Alpine Ascent of Kyajo Ri (20,295 ft) in Nepal

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• First Ascent of Jeannette Peak (10,135 ft) in British Columbia
   

•  Solo Ascent of Mount Quincy Adams at 13,615 ft. Alaska
   

• First Winter Ascent of Mount Wood at 15,912 ft. Yukon
   

•  Winter Ascent of  Mount Frances 10,450 ft. Alaska