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Today starts with Alain giving me a refresher course on how to use the Magnum 44 in the (hopefully) unlikely event of a polar bear attack. I remembered reading once that the best defense (if you don't have a gun) is to lie on the ground motionless, and that 95% of the time the bear would leave you alone. Ignoring how difficult it would be to lie motionless, I'm now wondering how they came up with that statistic.
We are now in a place, according to Alain and the people of Qanaaq, that nobody has ever been. Our location can't be reached by dogsled, and there's no interest for the Inuit to come this far inland. There's plenty of wildlife around--guinea fowls, rabbit, reindeer, and fox--as evidenced by the tracks in the fresh snow. At one point today, we crossed the tracks of a bear, who was, fortunately, going in the other direction. We do have a natural defense mechanism, of course, in that we haven't bathed or changed for nearly two weeks. Our odor will surely chase even a bear away!
The edge of the icecap, where possibly no human has ever tread.
Lawrence (Larry) Lunt is a private investor from Belgium who operates the U.S. arm of his family's business, Armonia. Armonia focuses entirely on innovative, sustainable investments ranging from direct investments in individual companies to investments in private and public
...Lawrence (Larry) Lunt is a private investor from Belgium who operates the U.S. arm of his family's business, Armonia. Armonia focuses entirely on innovative, sustainable investments ranging from direct investments in individual companies to investments in private and public equity funds as well as sustainable hedge funds.
In 2007, Armonia helped seed the launch of TBL (triple bottom line) Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the needs of entrepreneurs who place equal value on people, planet, and profit. TBL Capital is a core investment of the Armonia strategy.
Engagement in education: Lunt is an active member of the board of several schools, including the Convent of Sacred Heart of Greenwich, where he founded the Barat Foundation to educate students in philanthropy. He helped restart the international education program Up With People, a youth program with over 30,000 alumni around the world building bridges of understanding to promote world peace. He also helped launch World Campus International, an education program for students offering unique access to Japan. Lunt also helped launch Ashoka in Belgium. Ashoka promotes the world’s leading social entrepreneurs.
Environmental engagement: Lunt has a strong interest in preserving the Arctic, which he visits every year. He is a member of NRDC's Global Leadership Council, as well as the Belgian International Polar Foundation.
Lunt has a degree in Economics from Louvain University in Belgium and an MBA from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.
He and his wife, Victoria Lunt, have three daughters, ages 15, 14, and 9.
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