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“Passing the Torch at the Ends of the Earth”

Geoff Green

Founder & Executive Director

THE GREATEST CLASSROOMS ON

EARTH

INSPIRING YOUTH ACROSS CANADAAND AROUND THE WORLD

Number of youth taken to the Polar Regions since 1999 by Students on Ice?

1032

Number of nationalities represented so far?

36

- Afghanistan

- Argentina

- Australia

- Austria

- Bhutan

- Canada (each province & territory)

- China

- Chile

- Denmark

- Dubai

- France

- Greenland

- Iceland

- Iran

- Ireland

- Israel

- Japan

- Palestine

- Portugal

- Mexico

- Monaco

- New Zealand

- Norway

- UK

- United States

- Portugal

- Russia

- South Africa

STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING:

SOME AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

2003 - NSERC’S MICHAEL SMITH AWARD FOR SCIENCE PROMOTION IN CANADA

2006 - US CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FOROUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUTHEDUCATION

2007 - THE EXPLORERS CLUB’S “CITATION OF MERIT”

How is Students on Ice involved?

International Polar Year Arctic ExpeditionAugust 2 to 17, 2008

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-Dr. Garry Donaldson, Canadian Wildlife Service

SOI was pleased to have on the IPY Arctic 2008 expedition -

Dr. Rhian SalmonIPY Education &Outreach Coordinator

REACHING MILLIONS OF YOUTH FROM AROUND THE WORLD!

Some current SOI activities:

• IPY Polar Perspectives Public Lecture & Youth Forum Series

• IPY Arctic and Antarctic Expeditions in 2008 & 2009

• IPY Antarctic University 2009• Videos & Documentaries• Presentations• Media relations• Educational Materials• Alumni Program• Partnerships

•A pan-Canada series of public lectures and youth forums

•15 venues: minimum 1 event in each province and territory

•In collaboration with the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada, with support from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the Government of Canada’s IPY Program

Drumheller, ABSaint John, NB

St John’s, NL

What does the Arctic mean to you?What does the Arctic mean to you?

“To me, the Arctic is an important part of Canada. The strong culture and a way of life that has seen few changes is in danger.”

- PEI

“The Arctic represents to me one of the greatest challenges we have today as a planet. It has been ignored for centuries and has come to the forefront

of the world’s movement to understand everything about science.”-Saint John, NB

“It means a lot to me. It’s my home, I was born and raised in the north. I don’t think I can explain it all. Only in three words: I love it!”

-Iqaluit, NT

“The Arctic is a unique and extraordinary place to be and a place to know about. It’s something that needs to be preserved and cherished for many other people and cultures to experience!”

-St. John’s, NL“Home.”

- Yellowknife, NWT

Speakers have included:

Karsten Heuer

Dr. Louis Fortier

Geoff Green

Dr. James Drummond

Dr. Stephen Ferguson

Dr. Elizabeth Peacock

Dr. Natalia Rybczynski

Dr. James Raffan

Dr. Eddy Carmack

Dr. Richard Hebda

Dr. John Gosse

Dr. James Drummond Saint John, NB

Iqaluit, NT

Iqaluit, NT

Yellowknife, NWT

International Polar Year Antarctic 2008 Expedition

December 25, 2008 – January 9, 2009

IPY Project

“Contrasting the Poles”

- Passing the Torch, Two Grise Fjord youth travel to Antarctica

Accredited courses through:

- University of Ottawa

- UNBC

- University of Alberta

- Internship with Concordia

THE POLAR EDUCATION

FOUNDATION

Then Minister of Environment John Baird with SOI Arctic 2008 Alumni Dalphine Rémillard-Labrosse and Katrina Adams

PROTECT THE POLES

PROTECT THE PLANET

CAUSE FOR HOPE!

- Canadian Museum of Nature - Government of Canada’s IPY Progr- Makivik Corporation - Canadian Wildlife Service- Royal Canadian Geographic Society - Canadian Polar Commission- Canadian Space Agency - INAC, DFAIT, Environment Canada- Earth Day Canada - National Inuit Youth Council- Inuvialuit Regional Corporation - First Air- ArcticNet - Kakivak Association- Government of Nunavut - IPY Northern Nodes- Canadian & International Schools - All China Youth Federationand School Boards - Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundatio- Yellow Pages Group - IPY programs around the World

For more information about Students on Ice and scholarship opportunities,

contact Niki Trudeau:

niki@studentsonice.com