'Name our Icebreaker' competition extended until 7 July 2017

A competition that gives local students in Mitchell the chance to win a trip to Antarctica has been extended until Friday, 7 July 2017.

The ‘Name our Icebreaker’ competition will see up to 12 students fly to Antarctica for a day and become the first children to set foot on the continent under the Australian Antarctic Division program.

Federal Member for Mitchell, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, said that the competition deadline has been extended by four weeks to allow more students the opportunity to enter.

“The Australian Antarctic Division decided to extend the competition to engage with as many school children from all around Australia as possible and give teachers the time to work through the curriculum-aligned modules about the icebreaker.”

“I encourage all teachers living in the Hills district to use this competition as an opportunity to educate students about Australia’s long involvement with Antarctica,” Alex Hawke said.

The ‘Name our Icebreaker’ competition has two categories: primary (years 5 and 6) and secondary (years 7 and 8), with classes able to enter their suggested name in a written or video format.

More information on the competition can be found on the Australian Antarctic Division’s website, ‘Classroom Antarctica’.

Construction of Australia’s new icebreaker started last week with the first pieces of steel cut for the 160 metre vessel.

For more information, visit: http://classroom.antarctica.gov.au/icebreaker

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