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His itinerary calls for the students participat- ing in the trip to gather in Ottawa on Aug. 15, where they'll tour the city. Then they're off to Aylmer, Quebec, to the head offices of the Canadian Museum of Nature before returning to Qttawa, where they'll meet with the press. The following morning, the group will board a nine-hour flight to Nanisisik, at the northern tip of Baffin Island, and D124 14 5 @ Ha7s\ \ I) °4\V/ CLEAN D124 \V/ EH A \ You've Seen the Govemment Ads! WE'RE READY TO SERVE YOU! the beginning of their | 1- day adventure. After touching down in the remote community, the group will take a quick tour before board- ing the Akademik loffe, the Russian ship which they will call home for the next week. Once on board, the students will sail down the east coast of Baffin Island before steaming towards Devon Island, where they'll visit a num- ber of Inuit communities. From there, they'll head northeast towards Greenland, where they'll visit Disko Bay, home of the world's fastest mov- ing glacier (an estimated 30 metres per day). The group will then travel around Greenland's west coast, where they'll tour the world's longest fjord and then sail into the port city of Kanglussuak. The group will fly back to Ottawa on Aug. 26. For his first tour with Students On Ice, Scott signed on through the Durham District School Board. This time, howev- er, he applied directly to the agenay via the Internet, and will join stu- dents and other tourists from across the world, including those from Australia, Ireland, France, and Sweden. Seventy people are expected in total. "The idea of an Arctic trip was brought up when we were going to the Antarctic," recalled Scott. "Two months later, | saw it posted on the Internet and | applied and was accepted later, in March." 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Dental Care For The Entire Family to Evening & Saturday C Appointments Available Please Call 905-985-8451 After a trip last winter to Antarctica, Prince Albert's Scott Duncan is now preparing to head north to - you guessed it - the Arctic. phy and the poles," said Scott, who now plans on attending Lakehead University in Thunder Bay upon his graduation from Port Perry High School. "It's just the beauty of them and how the weath- er changes and the power of glaciers." He notes that after seeing one end of the globe, it's kind of required to see the other end, and the differences of each. " Antarctica is a conti- nent, with land under the ice; the arctic is just ice, there's no land," said Scott. "People live there on the small islands and there's polar bears there instead of penguins and there's lots of vegetation and flowers." However, such a trip doesn't come without an impressive price tag: Scott currently has about $2,500 which will go towards the trip, but will need to work hard and get plenty of support to reach the required $5,600 mark by mid-August. He's asking that any- one who can help him reach his goal of travel- ling to Antarctica on this unique educational tour to give him a call at 905- 985-8716. Visit our website: www.iluvmydentist.com PACTS O[UTTeTa IS) {(=T=1 Ml alo] a Perm Let us know about your event: Call 905-985-7383 It's beef barbecue time at Janetville church Janetville United Church will hold their beef barbecue and auc- tion sale on Saturday, July 28 starting at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are S10 in advance for adults or $12 at the door; for ages six to 12 - $5; under the age of six are free. Tickets are available at the Janetville Convenience Store or call 705-878-5825 or 705-277- 2880. 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