Hi Everyone,
Thank-you so much for all the wonderful support you have given to Justine for her educational expedition to Antarctica. She has been so busy these past couple of months with her fundraising efforts, trying to get ahead on much of her homework so that she is not behind when she gets home, and getting ready for the trip (she hasn't had as much time as she would like to do many entries to her blog site). She is booked for several talks when she gets home, the one talk that has been set is March 15, 2012 as part of the Kamloops Exploration Groups (KEG) lecture series. The talk will be at 7pm, at the Coast Hotel (formerly the Kamloops Towne Lodge) on Rogers Way in Kamloops, room Salon A/B, is open to the public and there is no cost (details will be on the keg website and in the papers).
For those interested in following the expedition, please go to:
www.studentsonice.com/antarctic2011
(and select daily journey updates on left menu).
The students are not permitted on their cell phones or on the internet for the duration of their trip. They will have the opportunity to blog for the Students On Ice website (under the daily journey updates, I believe). Hope you will get a chance to follow the trip!
Justine is in Toronto and has joined up with several members of the Students On Ice (SOI) team and participants this afternoon. Talked with her briefly and she is very excited about her trip. A quick summary: her roommate for this evening is Alex from Quebec, she is about 15 years old (you can check out her profile on the SOI website). Tomorrow, they meet up with the last of the students from Canada and then board the plane for Miami, before continuing on to Buenos Aires and then Ushuaia, picking up other participants as they travel. She sounded very excited and enthused about this once in a lifetime opportunity!
All the best of the holiday season to everyone!
Royanna Wild (Justine's mom)
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