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4/18/2008
Canadian Geographic writer James Raffan spent two weeks aboard the Arctic Ambassador last August. This shipboard log of his journey is his second contribution to a year-long series of stories in Canadian Geographic in recognition of International Polar Year 2007-08.
Follow James on his August 2007 Arctic journey with Students on Ice here!
4/11/2008
In 2005 Canadians drank 1.9 billion litres of bottled water (that’s almost 60 litres of bottled water per person!). Packaging all this water creates an incredible amount of waste every year, and in Canada an estimated 88% of water bottles are not recycled. The rest end up in landfills where they can take up to […]
3/28/2008
By Mary Simon
Special to The Globe and Mail
Stephen Harper visited Yellowknife this month for the Arctic Winter Games, his fifth trip to the North since becoming Prime Minister in 2006.
Mr. Harper’s interest in the North is no doubt genuine, and he is to be congratulated on spending time there. Media around the world are awash […]
3/26/2008
By Claire Truscott and agencies guardian.co.uk
A vast hunk of floating ice has broken away from the Antarctic peninsula, threatening the collapse of a much larger ice shelf behind it, in a development that has shocked climate scientists.
Satellite images show that about 160 square miles of the Wilkins ice shelf has been lost since the end […]
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WHAT OUR SUPPORTERS ARE SAYING
"The Polar Regions have risen to the top of environmental concerns. Endowed especially in the high arctic, with unique and newly endangered life forms; holding a large fraction of Earth's fresh water; and subject to exceptionally rapid climate change, these remote parts of the world have a great importance for the generations immediately ahead. I'm glad that Students on Ice is leading in the kind of environmental education most needed."
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
"I strongly endorse the Students on Ice expeditions!"
Dr. Mario Molina
1995 Nobel Prize Chemistry
"Your organization has become a pioneering force in educating today's youth about the environment."
Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Senior Senator, NY
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