Antarctic ardour

  • 01/02/2010

  • Rolex Awards for Enterprise Journal

Associate Laureate Laureate Cristian Donoso kayaked along Antarctica's rugged coast, documenting the fate of wildlife endangered by global climate change. Now he has returned there with two companions to kayak to a remote section of the Antarctic Peninsula, then turn the kayaks into sleds and scale the Antarctic Andes, exploring the effect of climate change on high glaciers. This young explorer from Chile, who says that even unexplored parts of Antarctica display damage from environmental abuse, passionately appeals for help in preventing further degradation of the frozen, forgoteen continent.