Greenwich and Bexley

The GSCE students from schools in Greenwich, Croydon and Southall were chosen out of hundreds of school children to carry out scientific experiments and art projects at the High Arctic in Norway.
It’s hoped what they learn will inspire their peers and teachers to learn more about climate change and take action.

To see the BBC London report click the link below.

The three London students are; Akash from Villiers High School in Southall, Liam from Riddlesdown High School, Croydon and Hayley from Kidbrooke School in Greenwich.
Art teacher Jessica Burdett also from Kidbrooke school is travelling with the expedition to work on art projects.
In all 12 school children from the UK, Germany and Canada are taking part.

Liam Upson told BBC London: "I've got a mission to do, a story to bring back to my school and the local community."

Hayley Rowden added: "I'm really looking forward to seeing all the landscapes and the polar bears and seals."

Artic schooner The Noorderlicht

They will all live and work together for 10 days on the 100-year old Dutch schooner The Noorderlicht. Each of them must develop a project which explores an aspect of climate change from both a scientific and an artistic perspective.

They will also all keep an online diary and video blog of their adventures in order for their schools to be kept up to date with their progress.

For the past five years Cape Farewell has been running expeditions to the North Pole region. Traditionally it has taken artists, scientists and teachers. In 2005 novelist Ian McEwan, artists Antony Gormley and Rachel Whiteread took part.
This is the first time young people are going on the trip.

Suba Expedition Co-leader Suba Subramaniam explained: "Young people want to listen to young people... the most fundamental thing is they are our future."

The High Arctic

The group will be based in Svalbard in Norway, also known as Spitsbergen. It lies between the 78th and 80th parallel, 600 nautical miles from the North Pole. It is regarded as the front line of climate change. The seas around Svalbard hold the key to understanding the health of the world's ocean currents that help regulate the earth's temperature.

Cape Farewell was conceived by the artist David Buckland. Through expeditions with artists, oceanographers and teachers into the High Arctic, the team has developed work that is being piloted within the education syllabus at GCSE level.

The trip is funded by groups such as The Arts Council and  The National History Museum.