President Barack Obama will mix it up with a bear in Alaska … Bear Grylls that is.
Obama will trek through the Arctic wilderness as part of a special episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” according to NBC. Obama — the first sitting president to visit the Alaskan Arctic — will get a tutorial in survival techniques and talk about environmental issues as part of the White House’s focus on the impact of climate change.
Follow along as @POTUS heads to the frontlines of our fight against climate change in Alaska → http://t.co/eAVC9RAQbv pic.twitter.com/aqtYvjmm8A
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 31, 2015The president’s trip to Alaska will be full of opportunities to get up close and personal with nature. He’s slated to tread on a receding glacier, chat with coastal villagers whose homes are threatened by eroding shorelines and speak with salmon fishermen whose livelihoods are endangered.
President Obama's taking action to protect 9.8 million acres of pristine marine wilderness → http://t.co/XI6yDjCZeQ pic.twitter.com/DE4oVgxi6l
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 27, 2015The trip is part of all an aggressive and high profile push by the Obama administration to highlight the impact of global warming and is the highlight of an increasingly forceful climate change policy push over the past two years.
The segment with Grylls will air later this year.
This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com.
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