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1998 International Year of the Ocean website


Activities & Events -
Young Explorers -
Mission Antarctica

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The ship Pelagic

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                    The mission route

In a few words...

As part of MISSION ANTARCTICA - a five years programme aimed at focusing worls opinion upon Antarctic environmental issues, 12 young people from different regions of the world are exploring Tierra del FuegoMESA is a non profit organization of educators working in the marine environment in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

MISSION ANTARCTICA is an initiative of Professor Robert Swan, OBE, Special Envoy for the Environment to the Director-General of UNESCO. During the Expedition, the Young Explorers will receive leadreship, training and undertake ecological studies, whilst sailing around Cape Horn and climbing the remote Tierra del Fuego icy mountains... a unique way of celebrating the 1998 International Year of the Ocean. You can share the Explorers' daily experiences !! FIND OUT MORE HERE

Contact

http://www.onestep.to/Antarctica/

 
 

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