By: Brian Grady
Submitted: 2010-08-22 20:05:00 | Word Count: 652
Aside from Legos and playing outside, this boy is an avid fan of messing around on the computer and penguins as well. When this first grader gets to see his beloved birds in the wild early next month he will be in Antarctica where he will see them waddle on the ice and feed their newly hatched chicks. As they venture into the Antarctic Peninsula, he and his parents will have an internationally known explorer and filmmaker along with them.
In terms of reaching this continent, only a few kids his age were able to do so. With a rather exhilarating trip, the boy and his friends are all celebrating. Along with him on the trip will be his classmates and this is the reason. Not in person, as the trip will take nearly three weeks and cost thousands of dollars, but via an Internet linkup. Students from all over the world can also view their live video coverage for the trip.
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As part of the pilot youth program, they'll be able to participate in live question and answer sessions on the site. Through a number of grade level activities, teachers are planning on using the boy's dispatches to increase learning from this. There is weather for first graders, geology for fourth graders, and forces in motion for fifth graders.
The family will be engaged in much adventure. As a nature lover, the trip will really be good for the boy says his mother who also said that she will be the voice of reason on the trip. If you have a little motivation you can get the most out of your life, according to the boy.
A webcast is not that extraordinary. This is an explorer who is the first to ice bike 250 miles across Antarctica and the first American to ski to the South Pole but this interactive experience with kids will also be a first. From science to extreme skiing, the pursuits they had since 1999 on over a dozen trips to the continent were ideal for adults. For him there are no other people that could benefit more from the knowledge he gained from his trips to Antarctica but the youth. Early last year was when they came up with the kids' program.
For this travel plan, there is no better timing than now just after the March of the Penguins movie has been able to promote Antarctica. You could say that fate brought the boy's mother and the explorer together. Years ago was when the mother went to a local university with the 42 year old explorer but they lost contact only to regain it after hearing about his website from a mutual friend.
Starting the 14 day expedition was in Buenos Aires, Argentina that headed for the south after the boy made his first live dispatch. Going through the Drake Passage and the Antarctic Peninsula were them and the Toronto travelers who boarded a 100 passenger cruise ship. Encountering adverse sea weather, the 600 mile, 30 hour ride became the most dangerous part of the entire expedition.
Still, the Drake Passage gave them a rare glimpse of dolphins, elephant seals, and whales. Their arrival at the peninsula will be followed by rubber boat rides to beaches and bays that cannot be accessed at other times because of the ice. From the scientific research stations, they will then head on to the penguin rookeries. Made famous by the March of the Penguins and belonging to the largest species from 17 in Antarctica are emperor penguins and the explorer knows where their colony is located.
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