A Belfast teenager will set sail on the adventure of a lifetime to Antarctica as part of a bid to get more young people involved in exploring
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"I just immediately thought of Aoibh - she would be classed as a young carer, she's just the best wee girl in the world," she said."Dwayne and Phoebe are explorers and environmentalists and they've done this expedition themselves. "The idea is then they go back into their local community and spread the word that this is possible, that there are no boundaries and it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, you can have these opportunities.
They collected hundreds of signatures and presented them to their school principal and a couple of weeks later, the ban was introduced."She's always been an eco-warrior, she was always in the eco-club and everything," she said. All the kit they will wear, made especially by Craghoppers, is made from recycled plastic bottles and dyed using sustainable chemical-free practices.
Once onboard be taking part in real-time climate science, collecting samples and undertaking wildlife surveys as well as trying snowshoeing, kayaking, camping on ice and swimming in the Southern Ocean.
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