Team members say

At the beginning of the expedition i was challenged by the team leaders not to go online Hill the end of the expedition. Now I spend around 9 hours average a day online so it was quite a hard challenge to take on.

The first days at Ushuaia I was running up and down helping out and I noticed how much time some people would spend behind the pc sending e-mails and such. It made me realize what a waste of time it could be.

Especially students that send so much time behind the pc don’t even notice what’s going on around them and they miss out on great things like actually experiencing nature. If you weren’t always behind the pc you would notice how the natural environment around you is being destroyed. And if you don’t notice that; when the time comes to decided the future of Antarctica in 2041 when you might be a leader, will you really care?

Don’t let that happen, get active and get involved. Cause in the end it’s in your hands

Hey Guys, Today I witnessed the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life. It shocked me so much I couldn’t move a mussel, I couldn’t reach out for my camera to take a picture of it. I’m surprised I didn’t forget to breath.

Imagine our beautiful ship floating in Charlotte’s Bay right next to an ice berg. Surrounded by hills and cliffs some so high the top was blocked by the clouds We where sitting on a cliff witch was fully covered in snow, getting a leadership on the edge class while enjoying of the magnificent view.

Right at that moment the most unexpected thing happened. The ice berg that was floating right next to our ship started breaking down. The ice berg was about 3 times the size of out ship when it started to break down. At the end almost half of it was gone and it started to tilt upwards and then fell to the side. All other sound faded away, you could hear the ice crack and break down. It was as if the ice was crying while it broke down and landed in the water with the fade sound of an explosion.

If in the future I need something to bring my mood up and keep working hard this is the kind of tough ill think back to. That was the exact reason why we can’t stop fighting to protect Antarctica

Jean-Carlo Alves da Silva Scout, Student

The trip so far has been just great. The hike up to the glacier was quite incredible.

The Drake Passage went quite smooth according to the team leaders but I spend a whole day in my bed. I decided to go true it without taking any medicine to see what it was like, that was a bad idea. The next day we came across our first ice berg which made it all worth it. It was quite majestic. I’m really looking forward to landing on shore tomorrow and meeting up with the rest of the team that has been at the ebase for almost 2 weeks now. As soon as I get a chance ill write a blog about the challenge I was put on by the team leaders which has made my expedition a bit harder but I also learned allot from it.