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If you think the northeastern United States is freezing these days, remember that cold is a relative term. When Will Steger visited Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic last May, the temperature at the trip’s start was a balmy 40 below zero.

That frigid land, however, showed signs of an alarming warming trend, including an early spring thaw and frequent chunks of broken ice that impeded the progress of Mr. Steger’s team. On Saturday he and Tobias Thorleifsson, another member of the expedition, will discuss it with people who might some day have real answers to the Earth’s rising temperatures: the children who will be tomorrow’s voters and leaders.

The Ellesmere workshop at Scandinavia House, for ages 7 and older, will document the trek of about 900 miles that Mr. Steger, an American, and his international team made to the remnants of the Ayles Ice Shelf. Deteriorating ice shelves, he said, “are the canary in the cage, the fingerprint of global warming.” He and Mr. Thorleifsson, a Norwegian, will give a visual presentation illustrating not just the challenges of climate change, but also those of the expedition, which involved traveling up the island’s west coast on skis with three teams of sled dogs, above, carrying supplies.

“The animals are always captivating,” said Mr. Steger (pronounced STEE-grr), an explorer and author. “We have pictures of wolves trying to make friends with our dogs, trying to connect noses.” The team also encountered polar bears, which were just as curious but less amiable. “We had explosive devices and flares to scare them off,” he said.

The men will bring examples of their parkas and mukluks and will describe camping during their 62-day adventure. “Children usually ask, ‘How did you go to the bathroom?’ ” Mr. Steger said. The short answer: very quickly.

Young armchair explorers will receive their own maps so they can follow the journey. Mr. Steger, who operates the Will Steger Foundation, an environmental and educational group, said he hoped to inspire them about the problem of climate change, “so they can be part of the solution.” (At 11 a.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, 212-879-9779; free.)

‘ADVENTURES WITH DORA AND DIEGO’ (Friday through Sunday, and Tuesday through Thursday) The young Latino stars of the Nickelodeon animated television series “Dora the Explorer” and “Go, Diego, Go!” have taken their expeditions into new territory at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, whose exhibition has separate Dora and Diego environments, including Diego’s Animal Rescue Center and Dora’s Fiesta.

Dora The Explorer is planned to engage pre-schoolers in a play on adventure. Online, your kids can join Dora and her ring of animal friends as she journeys through the Spooky Forest, Crocodile Lake, and other exciting places. It’s on these quests that Dora faces problems and needs your child’s help. Dora can’t continue her adventure without your child’s input. The series is designed to actively encourage pre-schoolers in a play along adventure. Dora The Explorer builds on Nick Jr’s promise to ‘Play, Laugh and Learn.’ Each day Dora and her monkey companion Boots go on a high stakes journey – a quest filled with funny friends, puzzling problems and an arch

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