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HEADING FOR THE ARCTIC
15 edition of Students
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on Ice, Monaco

The conference to launch the 2023 edition of this Arctic education programme,

supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, featured testimonials
from passionate and committed personalities, revealing inspiring perspectives
for young Monegasques.

Since 2008, thanks to the collaboration between After showing a video presenting the SOI expeditions,
Monaco and Students on Ice (SOI), around twenty which bring together young people from all over the
secondary school students from the Principality have world, Geoff Green from Quebec, founder and execu-
been able to explore the Polar Regions, meet local tive director of the programme, took the floor to un-
populations and discover first-hand the impact of derline the educational aims of the Arctic expeditions,
global warming on these areas that are so rich in bio- which "open a window on the rest of the world" and
diversity yet so vulnerable. After a break due to the "inspire and strengthen leadership in young people
Covid-19 pandemic, the Prince Albert II of Monaco by bringing them back to nature, to knowledge and
Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Edu- to people, to all those resources that we are losing at
cation, Youth and Sport, has reactivated its partici- the moment and that can make a lasting difference
pation in the Students on Ice programme this year. A for the future."
conference was held on Tuesday, 21 March, as part
of Monaco Ocean Week 2023, in the auditorium of
the Lycée technique et hôtelier de Monaco, in front of
almost 200 high school students.
Isabelle Bonnal, Commissioner General for Educa-
tion, Youth and Sport, opened the conference by
describing Students on Ice as "an invitation to travel,
to get involved and to raise awareness."