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Cold summer ahead for Antarctic scholars
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
New Zealand has always had a special relationship with the Antarctic, thanks to our location near the bottom of the world. Now two students are heading to the far south on scholarships to put their Antarctic experiences into words.
(via Education Review) The first scholarship is Antarctica New Zealand's first International Polar Year Media Scholar. Naomi Arnold has been chosen to spend six weeks over the coming Antarctic summer at New Zealand's Scott base, reporting on the International Polar Year events. Naomi is a journalism student at the University of Canterbury. The university is also home to the Antarctic Studies programme.
Whitireia Community Polytechnic student Bill Nelson has won a 2008 Sub-Antarctic Islands scholarship from the Enderby Trust. Scott will be spending his time aboard the Spirit of Enderby ship travelling around the Sub-Antarctic Islands. Scott is earning a diploma in Creative Writing at Whitireia, and hopes that the journey will inspire some new poems.
New Zealand was a popular launching point for early explorations of the Antarctic, and maintains an active interest in the region. New Zealand established a permanent base called Scott Base in the 1950s, with the help of Sir Edmund Hillary (who was one of the first people to reach the South Pole after Amundsen.) The base is managed by Antarctica New Zealand, and used by scientific teams from New Zealand and abroad.
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