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Students study climate change at the South Pole
Sixty students from around the world headed to Antarctica this month on a three week adventure and a mission: to look for ways of mitigating the effects of climate change. As The Link’s Amanda Pfeffer reports, the Ottawa-based organisers of the Students on Ice voyage, say it's becoming increasingly urgent for young people to learn about climate change.
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