The Ultima Thule

Journeys in America’s Northernmost Lands: a web anthology of the Alaskan Arctic

Author's Spotlight: Peter Polson


Website:

http://www.theultimathule.org


Profile:

Peter grew up in Seattle, where he works in management and marketing at a technology company. He is heavily involved with education issues through trustee work at Lakeside School and previously a chapter of Inner City Outings he started at Franklin High School. An avid photographer, Peter has published his work through a number of publications since beginning his avocation many years ago. His photos were most recently published in Travel Off the Radar and Seattle Magazine. Peter won first and second place in the 2009 photography contest sponsored by the Campaign for America’s Wilderness. His work was featured alongside photographer Andy Moderow in the First Friday exhibit at Crush in Anchorage, Alaska in November and December 2009. Peter received his B.S. in Environmental Studies from Middlebury, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude and including a semester studying wildlife management in Tanzania. He received his M.B.A. from the Tuck School at Dartmouth with High Honors as a Tuck Scholar. Peter worked in investment banking in New York City for two years and for two technology start-ups before co-founding Junxion, Inc. in 2003. He currently works for Sierra Wireless, the company that acquired Junxion in 2008.


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