Inspired by her own experience at the Great Northern Festival in 2022, Nina Graham bought her first pair of snow pants and began a relationship with winter. The Great Northern Festival is coming for you too. Celebrate winter culture in Minnesota with ten days of art, dance, sports, talks, family events and parties- so many parties. This event might deepen your relationship or even begin a love affair with winter inspiring you to take action to protect our Minnesota winters from climate change.

Tasha Van Zandt is the creator of After Antarctica, a groundbreaking film that follows polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions of our planet. Tasha talks about her own journey to becoming a female filmmaker, documenting some of the harshest climates on Earth and growing as a person and professional with every step. She inspires us to collectively look both inward and outward, as stewards of this beautiful planet we call home.