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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ESTEEMED PARTNERS FOR THEIR STRONG SUPPORT AND TO THE MANY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS and ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY A REALITY. THANK YOU from all of us at Students On Ice!
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ONE-TONNE CHALLENGE
The One-Tonne Challenge asks you to reduce your annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by one tonne. How? Use less energy. Conserve water and resources. Reduce waste. Fewer emissions means protecting our climate and having cleaner air and healthier communities for all Canadians. And saving energy puts more money in your pocket.
Here's the Challenge: reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by one tonne. The average Canadian produces five tonnes of GHGs each year so one tonne is a reduction of about 20 per cent. Getting started is easier than you think. It's as simple as making a personal commitment to use energy and resources more efficiently in your daily life to reduce your emissions. MORE: Click here |
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 LAN AIR
 Students on Ice is proud to have LAN as our office airline for our Antarctic Expeditions. This is the fourth year in a row that LAN has provided us with unparalleled service from North America to South America. LAN is a commercial alliance comprised of LAN CHILE, LAN PERU, LAN ECUADOR, LAN CARGO and LAN EXPRESS. In recent years, we have set down the foundations that we hope will let us progress in our vision of becoming one of the 10 best airlines in the world, and thus capable of giving Latin America a cargo and passenger transport company that can compete in this globalized world. Our pillars will always be the safety of our flights and the quality of our service. We will continue being a reliable, world-class company that also has the power to show the charm of the warmth of our people and the nature of our continent. Lan belongs to the great OneWorld allicance, whose primary goal is to give its passengers excellent benefits and unbetterable global service to all destinations reached by OneWorld.
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 POLAR STAR EXPEDITIONS
Students on Ice wishes to thank POLAR STAR EXPEDITIONS, our Antarctic expedition partner and operator of the icebreaker M/V POLAR STAR, for their generous support and belief in the SOI program! We could not do it without you!
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 BORÉALDESIGN
Students on Ice is proud to have BORÉALDESIGN as our official kayak sponsor. This past summer the kayaks were a great addition on our Blue Whale Research Expedition! BORÉALDESIGN was founded in 1991 by Nathalie Simard and Éric Blouin, a team of engineers impassioned by the outdoors. They are seconded by 40 handpicked specialists among the best in industry. They are committed to maintaining the company at its flagship position on the market as the vanguard of innovation. From plant to paddler, they offer a high-end product backed by top quality service, from initial design to introduction on the consumer market. Safety, comfort, performance, quality and attention to detail are the hallmarks of each product designed and developed by the BORÉALDESIGN team committed to perfection
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 THE ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is dedicated to imparting a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada – its people and places, its natural and cultural heritage and its environmental, social and economic challenges.
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 CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
Canadian Geographic magazine is a proud media partner of STUDENTS ON ICE. The magazine's motto, 'Making Canada better known to Canadians and to the World', in many ways mirrors a role the young Students on Ice participants have during their journeys to both the Arctic and Antarctica. The magazine has also had the vision to see the incredible benefits of bi-polar science in better understanding our planet. A Canadian Geographic contest has given away six free spots on the last three SOI expeditions!
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 Students on Ice is proud to have the People to People Student Ambassador Program as a key expedition partner. Their program provides opportunities for grade school, junior high and senior high students to explore domestic and foreign destinations, learning about the history, government, economy and culture of the areas they visit. President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded People to People during his administration, and eight U.S. presidents have since served as Honorary Chairman.
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 TREE CANADA FOUNDATION
“The commitment that Students on Ice has shown to become carbon neutral is to be congratulated”, said Jeff Monty, President of the Tree Canada Foundation. The TCF began in 1992 to provide support to Canadians to plant and care for trees in urban and rural environments including the planting of over 75 million trees, the re-greening of over 300 schoolyards, five national urban forestry conferences and other efforts to sensitize Canadians to the benefits of planting and maintaining trees. The TCF was the key sponsor of Canadian Geographic’s Polar Bound Contest 2003.
 Part of Students on Ice’s own environmental commitment is to offset the amount of carbon they will be putting into the atmosphere as a result of the travel of the students, teachers and scientists who are part of the expedition. The students will be calculating the amount of carbon burned during the expedition and then calculating the # of trees to be planted. [The Tree Canada Foundation has calculated that the entire trip will put 163 tonnes of carbon into the air - an amount that can be offset by the planting of 1,028 trees]. Approximately 50% of a tree’s biomass is carbon which it secures only from the air. The MABU Cloth Company, a sponsor of Tree Canada has provided the funding for the planting of the 1,028 trees.
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 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a strong academic and scientific partner of STUDENTS ON ICE. The educational program for the expedition has been developed with the advice and support of the Museum, and two of the Museums research scientists, Dr. Kathy Conlan and Dr. Lyn Gillespie, have participated as members of the STUDENTS ON ICE education team.
Besides being a natural history museum that creates and develops exhibits for public viewing, the Canadian Museum of Nature is also a vibrant multi-layered, multi-faceted organization composed of research scientists, collection specialists, education and multi-media specialists, and innovators. The Museum's mandate is, to increase, throughout Canada and internationally, interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation and respect for the natural world. |
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 CHLOROPHYLLE
A leader in the outdoor clothing business. Their mission: 'Work for the outdoors. Live for the outdoors. Our mission, born of our passion is to make your outdoor experiences comfortable under all conditions.' CHLOROPHYLLE has provided cold weather gear for our past three Antarctic and Arctic seasons!
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 LONELY PLANET
Lonely Planet publishes the world's best guidebooks for independent travellers. Their books are known worldwide for reliable, insightful, pull-no-punches travel information, maps, photos, and background historical and cultural information. They cover every continent covered (Antarctica included) with an ever-increasing list of travel guides, atlases, phrasebooks, travel literature, restaurant guides, videos, world food guides, guides for handhel computers, hiking guides, coffee-table books and award-winning TV-shows. Lonely Planet has generously donated a copy of their Arctic and Antarctic Guidebooks (new edition) to every student participating on the Students on Ice expeditions!
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 CANADIAN COMMITTEE FOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
A national advisory body on Antarctic matters, reporting primarily to the CPC, and acting as a link between the international Antarctic science community and Canadian scientists active in or seeking to become involved in Antarctic and/or bipolar research.
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 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS and INTERNATIONAL TRADE
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 Podium A/V
Providing us with laptops and AV equipment for the expedition!
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 Kakivak Association
Once again, for the 4th year in a row KA has generously helped to support the participation of Inuit youth from Baffin Island!!
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 Labrador Inuit Association and Inuit Pathways
For the 4th year in a row, they are supporting students from Labrador to participate on the SOI expeditions.
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 TRANSFRONTIER INTERNATIONAL
Transfrontier International was established in 1998 as a social and environmental consultancy to help corporations reach their stakeholders through effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communications. Transfrontier believes that active engagement between corporations and NGO's can benefit both parties at all levels. Transfrontier International has been acting as the key partner of Students On Ice for Europe and Asia for the past three years.
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Mr. Harold Snyder – A NYC philanthropist has very generously sponsored five NYC youth (one from each borough) to participate on the Antarctic expedition 2004. This is the third year in a row Mr. Snyder has supported students to participate on the SOI Antarctic Expedition! In partnership with this initiative, NYC Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, NYC Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez, Senator Charles Schumer and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion have been instrumental with their support and help in selecting the NYC students. On Dec.01st we had a special launch event at The Explorer’s Club in NYC to introduce and honour these five lucky and deserving students! (Congresswoman Maloney is at the microphone). Thank you to all!!
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Mr. Brian Snyder – A NYC philanthropist has very generously sponsored two students from Memphis, Tennessee to participate on the Antarctic expedition 2004. In partnership with this initiative, Congressman Harold Ford Jr. and the Memphis City School Board has been instrumental with their support and help in selecting the two Memphis students.
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