Beyond Endurance
This year is the 75th anniversary of the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES). BSES Expeditions is a UK-based youth development charity that organises challenging scientific expeditions to remote, wild environments, with the aim of developing the confidence, teamwork, leadership and spirit of adventure and exploration of all expedition members.
Earlier this year, BSES very kindly asked me to become one of their Patrons, and (for the benefit of any 16-20 year-olds that might be reading this and are looking for an exciting project later this year) I wanted to talk about an especially exciting expedition they're organising. Beyond Endurance is a five-year scientific expedition that will focus on investigating climate change and global warming in addition to practical conservation project based around South Georgia, the Falklands and Antarctica. The expedition will be run from HMS Endurance which is a UK based ice breaker vessel that helped the BBC get such fantastic footage for 'Blue Planet' and 'Life in the Freezer'.
This is fantastic opportunity for 12 young explorers to get travel to Antarctica, one of the most hostile and remote areas in the world, and to get involved with an incredibly worthwhile project. You can read more about joining the expedition here.
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