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ReQuest2021 Online Advent Calendar – Day 4
Take a 4-Minute Escape to the Blissful Serenity of Antarctica
Okay so it runs to nearly 5 minutes but for Day 4 of our #ReQuest2021 Advent Calendar it makes a perfect video to watch. Grab a cuppa and ‘chillout’ for a while in this incredible Antarctic scenery…
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 2
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EPISODE 2 – Tuesday 3rd December 2019 – Derigging the Lady Daphne Thames Barge and an interview with Genevieve Scullion
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
Show Notes
Derigging the Lady Daphne Thames Barge on Sunday 24th November 2019…
https://www.kentscouts.org.uk/1267
Genevieve Scullion’s – sponsorship link…
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/GenevieveScullion
Our Fundraising Ladder with lots of ways you can follow and support the project….
ReQuest2021 Online Advent Calendar – Day 3
Drilling 3Km Ice Cores
Ice cores are drilled in glaciers and on ice sheets on all of Earth’s continents. Most ice cores, however, come from Antarctica and Greenland, where the longest ice cores extend to 3 kilometers—over 2 miles—or more in depth. Ice cores from the cold interior regions of polar ice sheets provide exceptionally well-preserved and detailed climate records. This is because the lack of melt at these locations does not corrupt the record of trapped gases or blur the record of other impurities. The oldest continuous ice core records extend to 130,000 years in Greenland, and 800,000 years in Antarctica.
(Source: https://icecores.org/about-ice-cores)
ReQuest2021 Online Advent Calendar – Day 2
Today, we are sharing two amazing websites about Antarctica…
Take a journey through the Discovering Antarctica website and begin discovering Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to help you learn about this distant, frozen wilderness.
Packed full of fascinating facts about Antarctica, travel information and information for schools have a browse through the Cool Antarctica website.
ReQuest2021: Online Advent Calendar – Day 1
World Antarctica Day 1st December
Celebrating Antarctica and the day when the Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959.
Antarctica Day was established by the Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces (Our Spaces) as a way to celebrate the continuation of the Antarctic Treaty, which was signed on 1 December 1959.
The Antarctic Treaty set aside 10% of the planet “forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes in the interest of mankind”. You can find out more about the treaty and about Antarctica itself, from the Our Spaces Antarctica Day web page. There is also a teaching resources page.
You could also check out our feature article on Antarctica for more background information and teaching ideas.
(Source: https://globaldimension.org.uk/event/antarctica-day/2019-12-01/)
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 1
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EPISODE 1 – Sunday 10th November 2019 – A 100 Mile Swim, Antarctic Krill and Into The Frozen South!
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
Show Notes
Seb and Silas – 100 mile swim – sponsorship link…
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SiandSeb100miles
BAS Krillbase Project
https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/krillbase/
T.A.S.K. (The Antarctic Scout Krill project) Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/404884260439993/
Our Fundraising Ladder with lots of ways you can follow and support the project….
Scottish Scouts Selected
A huge congratulations to Emma Johnston and Sam Payne, both from Aberdeenshire, who have just joined the ReQuest2021 project team to represent Scotland!
During October 2019 the Kent Scouts ReQuest2021 project steering committee have been carefully selecting these two Scottish Scouts to join the project team and follow in the footsteps of Scouts Marr and Mooney who went on the original Quest Expedition with Shackleton back in 1921. There were 23 Scottish expressions of interest, 12 full applications submitted and finally these 2 were selected to go.
Emma is currently studying towards a degree in Genetics and Immunology and she is in the process of applying for a postgraduate course in primary education. She has an infectious energy and is clearly able to keep spirits up in the hardest of times which should ensure her role in the team is valued.
Alongside his university studies as a geography student, Sam also volunteers with the Royal Geographical Society as a Student Ambassador, presenting to secondary school and sixth form/college students about geography, why they should take it as an optional subject and where it can take them.
So, the ten strong #ReQuest2021 team will now be made up these two from Scotland aged between 18 & 25 and of the eight more already selected from Kent (four over 25 and four between 18 & 25). All the project team are dedicated to raising awareness of Scouting’s strong links with Sir Ernest Shackleton and Antarctica. Each team member will also have to undertake their own Antarctic Research Project.
In just over two years’ time, on 27th December 2021, the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Antarctic Research Project team will be sailing from Ushuaia in Argentina to Antarctica. To that end they have partnered up with the Bark Europa, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel and the only tall ship with permission to enter Antarctic waters.
To account for the additional fundraising required the overall project target has now been amended to £110,000. To date the team have raised around £32,000 – so, they still have a huge amount more to raise during 2020! Find out about all the many different ways you can become a penguin supporter and support the expedition on www.ReQuest2021.org.uk/support
Good morning Scotland!
Good morning Scotland! Kieran / Emma / Laurie / Alex / Sam / Daniella / Christopher / Casey / Calum / Lachlann / James F. / James G.,Thank you so much for stepping out of your comfort zone and putting yourself forward for ReQuest2021.The Kent ReQuest2021 Team of 8 are really excited that 2 from Scotland will now be joining us on our incredible adventure.There are 12 of you who have submitted full applications as follows – I think the last one I received was at 23.55pm last night!
SS01 Kieran Morren ABSL in Aberdeen District
SS02 Emma Johnston BSL/SAS/Aberdeen Network
SS03 Laurie Todd ASL 89th Stenhousmuir, Falkirk District
SS04 Alex Maciver Explorer Scout Perth & Kinross
SS05 Sam Payne Gordon YL/Lancaster SSAGO/ISSU Member
SS06 Daniella Holder Leader St Andrews Scouts / Networker East Fife
SS07 Christopher Monachello YL Edzell Cubs / North Angus District
SS08 Casey Barrett Explorer Glen Albyn, Highlands & Islands Region
SS09 Calum Milne 1st Kemnay Explorers, Aberdeenshire. Applying as AESL
SS10 Lachlann Lightfoot SL, Hawick Scouts
SS11 James Ferguson Networker / West Lothian
SS12 James Gibson Explorer Leader / Edinburgh Networker
Managing expectations and doing the basic maths that does mean that 83% of you will be disappointed.The two finally selected will therefore have an extra obligation to the other 10 applicants to do them proud for Scotland.The ReQuest2021 Steering Committee, along with Andrew Sharkey (Chief Commissioner of Scotland), will be reviewing your applications carefully during October.The captain of the Bark Europa – Leentje Toering – will also be asked to review your Research Project ideas.Sharkey may decide to contact you ‘locally’ for a meeting or chat as part of the process.We will announce the final two representing Scotland on, or before, 31st October 2019.Without wanting to get too ‘Political’ at all – in a time of deep divisions in the UK, and globally, I personally hope that this strong partnership project between England and Scotland will be a shining example and symbol of unity to the world via Scouting.Having come up with the concept of this project over 5 years ago now, inspired by James Marr of Aberdeen’s book, it will be a real dream come true for me for us to have two Scottish Scouts on board!In the meantime you can follow the project on…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReQuest2021/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/request2021
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/request2021/
All for now!
Yours In Scouting,
Alan
Over £30,000 raised so far!
As of 24th September 2019 we have just passed the £30,000 mark towards making Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Antarctica Project happen! Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far we have now hit 35% of our overall target. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/ReQuest2021
Here is a reminder of our ten project objectives – primary and secondary.
Primary Project Objectives:
- Participate as members of the crew on the Barque Europa on a voyage to Antarctica in the Winter ‘21/’22.
- For each of the participants to carry out an Antarctic research project and present the results upon return.
- To visit Port Lockroy base that was established by Scout James Marr and fly a Scout flag on Antarctica.
- To unveil an expedition plaque dedicated to Marr & Mooney at Gilwell Park and Port Lockroy in Antarctica.
- To involve the younger sections in join-in educational fun activities in the form of Antarctica In An Ice Box.
Secondary Project Objectives:
- Hold a pre-expedition PR event for sponsors, participants and Scouting dignitaries on board a similar 100-year-old vessel at St Katherine’s Dock, on 17th Sep ‘21 and have Tower Bridge opened just for us!
- Attend the Devon and Cornwall Polar Society Quest reconstruction event at Plymouth in Sep 2021.
- To have Scouting representation at Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Grave on South Georgia on 4th/5th January 2022.
- Potential to link up with Scouts in other countries on the original expedition route.
- Potential to create a legacy charity project. T.A.S.K. – “The Antarctica Scout Krill” project.
Calling all Scottish Scouts!
The Kent Scouts Global Projects team are looking to find two Scottish Scouts who will be 18 by Dec 2021 and up for the challenge to join them on their #ReQuest2021 Research Project to Antarctica. Find out more on www.ReQuest2021.org.uk or email alan.noake@kentscouts.org.uk for more information. Deadline for Scottish applications is 30th September 2019
