Daily Archives: 2009/09/04

SOI Alumni – Apply to join CYD for COP15: Sept. 14 Deadline

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Students on Ice Expeditions (SOI) is now accepting applications to join the Canadian Youth Delegation (CYD) to the 15th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15). This application process is being coordinated … Read more »

SOI Alumnus first female to summit unnamed peak

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SOI Alumnus Rosie Bettle (Arctic ‘07/Antarctic University ‘09), second from the left, is the first female in the world to climb a 6,029 metre (19,780 feet) unnamed peak in the Himalayas. SOI Alumnus first female to summit unnamed peak SOI … Read more »

i2P World Expedition: Baffin Island Trek

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On Tuesday, five young people, selected from applicants all across North America, embarked on the adventure of a lifetime – hiking, eating, and sleeping amongst sweeping glaciers, polar ice and jagged granite mountains in the heart of Canada’s Arctic, pushing … Read more »

Seal the Deal! – Sign the UN worldwide petition on climate change

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SOI is pleased to support the Seal the Deal Campaign – the United Nations worldwide campaign on climate change – in advance of COP15 (the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December … Read more »

UN chief warns of climate-related disaster

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the opening of the World Climate Conference in Geneva on Thursday. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone/Associated Press) UN chief warns of climate-related disaster UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had more dire warnings about climate change Thursday … Read more »