# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-steger
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:13:04.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-steger"
name: "Will Steger"
slug: "will-steger"
description: "Will Steger is a prominent spokesperson for the understanding and preservation of the Arctic and has led some of the most significant feats in the field of dogsled expeditions; such as the first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole in 1986, the 1,600-mile south–north traverse of Greenland - the longest unsupported dogsled expedition in history at that time in 1988, the historic 3,471-mile International Trans-Antarctic Expedition - the first dogsled traverse of Antarctica (1989–90), and the International Arctic Project - the first and only dogsled traverse of the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Ellesmere Island in Canada during 1995."
tagline: "American environmentalist (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Steger_(48696649117)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1944-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.76
  momentum:             6.157413227180669
  historical:           5.495034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Will Steger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Steger"
    title: "Will Steger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Steger"
    title: "Will Steger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Стигер, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Steger"
    title: "Will Steger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%92%D7%A8"
    title: "ויל סטגר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump