Special Report
The Breath of
Antarctica
By Aurora Yu (Grade 11, Keystone Academy)
In December 2017, Grade 11 student Aurora (Zongqi) Yu served as a youth volunteer for
an Antarctic expedition and participated in the Chinese Polar Tourism BBS Antarctic
Summit. For her, the 13-day trip to the South Pole was truly a spiritual experience.
Having witnessed the pace at which global warming is speeding the melting of
glaciers and experienced the fragility of the Antarctic environment, Aurora realized
it is urgent to improve our global climate. She brought home to China her experience
in the Antarctic with an article published in a southern weekend newspaper. She also
organized a photo exhibition titled "The Last Wasteland of The Earth" on Keystone’s
campus. Aurora describes her voyage to the South Pole in this special report.
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