Antarctica is an amazing place, filled with fascinating forms of marine life, mountains of ice, and vast polar deserts. It is also a place of peace and scientific Discovery because of the Antarctic Treaty, which was ratified on December 1st 1959.
Antarctica is an amazing place, filled with fascinating forms of marine life, mountains of ice, and vast polar deserts. It is also a place of peace and scientific Discovery because of the Antarctic Treaty, which was ratified on December 1st 1959.
Continuing in this spirit of international cooperation, the APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists), in conjunction with Our Spaces and Polar Educators International (PEI), are once again encouraging educators and their students from around the world to express their own knowledge, curiosity and amazement about this incredible frozen continent in the form of Antarctica Flags. Antarctic Flags is a creative way for students or anyone to express their questions, ideas, and knowledge about Antarctica or Antarctic science. For Antarctic Flags students are invited to draw or use the best way (collage with magazine clippings and glue, coloured pencil, marker, crayon, water colour, etc.) to express their questions, thoughts, and knowledge concerning any part of this fascinating continent (geography, history, international cooperation, biodiversity, ice, research, Antarctic Treaty, etc.), taking into account Antarctica is a protected place with no ownership, where research, international cooperation and peace are promoted.
More than 180 flags have been received from 7 schools in Barcelona. Flags will be displayed at the Institut od marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) from the 1st to 8th of December, in commemoration of the Antarctica Day. Later, flags will be sent to Antarctica, here will be displayed at research camps in Antarctica. Students will receive photographs and certificates of participation from research scientists as recognition of their involvement in this international celebration.
This year also, a representative selection of the flags will be sent to Sofia (Bulgaria) to be displayed at the Antarctic Treaty consultive meeting in June 2015.
More information at:
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)