Two former Cheney students join expedition to Canadian Arctic

 

Last updated 7/30/2015 at 8:57am



A pair of Cheney High School graduates will be spending part of their summer cooling off — literally.

Connor Netz and Evelyn Rowe are joining 110 other high school and university students and 80 staff members representing 18 countries on a journey from Ottawa, Canada to Greenland and the Canadian Arctic as part of the 15th annual Students on Ice annual expedition. According to a news release, the two-week combined sea and land-based expedition, which departed Ottawa July 27, will journey to the communities, coasts and fiords of western Greenland before crossing the Davis Strait to Canada’s high arctic, exploring the eastern entrance of the Northwest Passage including visits to Pond Inlet, Sirmilik National Park and Beechey Island.

Netz, Rowe and the others will experience encounters with Arctic wildlife, including whales and polar bears; take part in workshops and discussions on Artic history, climate change, policy and governance along with Zodiac cruises among icebergs and ice floes. There will be visits to northern communities and cultural events, and participants will learn to build and paddle traditional Inuit qajaqs (kayaks) in the Northwest Passage.

Joining the Students on Ice team this year will be legendary polar explorer Dr. Fred Roots, scientists Paul Sokoloff and Kieran Shepherd with the Canadian Museum of Nature, Inuit leader Mary Simon, polar adventurers Eric and Sarah McNair-Landry, Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer, Inuk artist Jolly Atagooyuk, author James Raffan and polar experts Dr. Bianca Perren and Dr. Don Walsh.

To learn more about the expedition and follow their journey, visit studentsonice.com.

Students on Ice is an award-winning organization offering unique and inspiring educational expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic that foster an understanding and respect for the Planet. Since 2000, Student on Ice has taken more than 2,500 youth from 52 countries to the Polar Regions.

 

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