Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Day 16

Toronto, Canada - 1:04 pm EST

Posted from SOI World HQ

Team Canada has landed!

After an epic several days of travel and an enjoyable evening on Miami Beach, Geoff, a handful of the Education Team and the remaining Canadian students have arrived at Pearson International Airport.

Stay tuned over the next few days for futrther post-expedition updates including our final expedition video here.

Post Expedition Update

Gatineau, Canada

Posted from SOI World HQ

The entire SOI team would sincerely like to thank some key people and organizations, without whom, this extraordinary journey of adventure and learning would never have happened!

First and foremost, our superb education team for taking this voyage to new heights with your expertise and kindness; our friends at People to People; the Royal Canadian Geographical Society; Mr. Harold Snyder and his family; the Explorers Club; the entire M/V Ushuaia team; Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney; Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez; Senator Chuck Schumer; Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion; the great folks at the I-Lead Program; Galt Joint Union High School District, California; the American School Foundation of Monterrey, Mexico; New Zealand's IPY Youth Steering Committee, the University of Otago and Gateway Antarctica (University of Canterbury); the Portuguese IPY Committee and those involved with Equipa Latitude60! at Universidade do Algarve; Portland Trust; our friends at Podium Computers; and last, but certainly not least, a huge thank you to all of our students, chaperones and parents!

Thank you all for making this expedition a life-changing experience for so many extraordinary young people!