Government supports expedition to the Antarctica of pupils awarded in national contest
The Government of the Azores is going to finance, in nearly 16 thousand euros, the participation of two pupils of the Basic School 2,3/S of Lajes do Pico in an Expedition to the Antarctica.
The presence of Viviana Oliveira and Pedro Meneses in an initiative in which they represent Portugal results from the fact of having been awarded a prize by the National Contest “To the Discovery of the Polar Regions”, with a work on the consequences of the thaw in the Azores.
The project consisted of the conception and construction of a representative model of the way how the thaw will be able to influence the Region in a near future and of the conception and construction of a website in the Internet with several informations and games about the polar zones.
The expedition happens from 25th of December till 9th of January of 2009.