Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 2007

New materials now available with ideas for ways your school can take part and be involved during the Youth Expedition. Click to view lesson ideas written by Jessica Burdett, Head of Art at Kidbrooke High School, who will be on-board the Noorderlicht during the voyage. Also find lesson plans by science teacher Keith Brindle, from Frome Community College, adapted from the OCR Scheme of Work, for the first GCSE Chemistry Module C1: Air Quality. 
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The youth team are on their way! We’ve just said a big goodbye to a very excited crew. The next time we’ll hear from them they’ll be in the Arctic! Let’s hope they’ve remembered their thermals…

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Cape Farewell launched its first international Youth Expedition on Sunday 9th September at Southbank Centre. Hundreds of well wishers cheered the twelve students on their way, as the expedition launched on the Thames to a brass fanfare from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Embarking on a landmark arts, science and media project, the students will voyage from Longyearbyen to the frozen extremes of Spitsbergen, Svalbard in the High Arctic.
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Doriana, Shona and Amélie set off on their Cape Farewell journey by meeting the Canadian Minister for Environment, The Honourable John Baird with Rebecca Zalatan and Martin Rose from the British Council, Canada.

The 3 Students were also wished bon voyage by all their felllow students at a special launch for the team.

Earlier this week we had some sad news that Lydia, one of the students joining the voyage from Germany was not able to go to the Arctic due to illness. Katharina will be going to the Arctic on behalf of Lydia and her school.

The whole Cape Farewell team are wishing you a speedy recovery Lydia. We’re sorry you couldn’t make it to the Arctic, but your involvement so far has been fantastic and I’m sure you’re going to carry on doing great things for your school and climate change.

get well soon

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Cape Farewell launches its first international Youth Expedition
Sunday 9 September, 3-6pm, Southbank Centre

3pm Gamelan, Sea Shanties and Film in the Royal Festival Hall
4pm Comedian Marcus Brigstocke compères a programme of speeches, performance, conversation and film in the Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall
4.45pm Voicelab Sea Shanties and Accordion ensemble led by Martina Schwarz
5pm Youth Team Launch at Festival Pier in front of Southbank Centre with fanfare from London Philharmonic Orchestra

Cape Farewell Youth Expedition Launch!
Sunday 9th September 2007

Cape Farewell launches its first international Youth Expedition
Sunday 9th September 2007, 3-6pm, Southbank Centre, London

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Our challenge: Doriana blogging in Inuktitut 
Doriana, from Victor Sammurtok School in Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), Nunavut, would like to blog in her native Inuktitut. This isn’t something we’ve tried before(!) but we’re doing our best to make it possible. As I researched the ins and outs of doing this, I found some interesting facts and links I thought I’d share…
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Live Arctic links – September to October 2007
A graphic exhibition and video portal at Southbank Centre (London) and the Eden Project (Cornwall) will follow both our Arctic crews, mapping the journeys and providing a live link to the voyages. Visitors to the Royal Festival Hall, Eden Project and voyage.capefarewell.com can view daily video reports, blogs, and images of the art, science and increasing effects of climate change in the Arctic. Stay tuned!

We need your help!
The Cape Farewell team are committed to tackling the realities of climate change with a new and innovative agenda. In 2006 our exhibition of climate artworks attracted 279,864 visitors, our film, Art from the Arctic has been shown worldwide with the BBC and is now on Sundance TV, reaching over 12 million viewers to date. Radio broadcasts, the education program, the book (reviewed in Nature) and our award-winning website attest to our success. We work to a tight budget and make sure that every penny our charity receives works very hard.

Climate change will become ever more serious, it is a worldwide issue and it is human activity that is causing this crisis. We are all involved and we all need to become part of the solution, please help us to achieve our objectives and expand the Cape Farewell agenda.

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In September, Cape Farewell launches its first international youth expedition, voyaging north of the 78th parallel to the fragile extremes of Svalbard in the High Arctic with twelve students from Germany, Canada and the UK to investigate and raise awareness of the impacts of climate change. In a landmark arts, science and media project the young people will work alongside artist Dan Harvey, Professor Mark Maslin of University College London’s Environment Institute and others to develop scientific and creative projects.

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