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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Students Participate in 2009<br />

Leadership on the Edge Program<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2009--04—21<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=240289663<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Apr. 21, 2009: From March 14th to April 5th, six students from<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> participated, along with Robert Swan and other students abroad, in<br />

the 8th annual Leadership on the Edge program held by the 2041 organization<br />

(www.2041.com) and the first annual Leadership on the Edge program co-sponsored<br />

by 2041 and BP(www.expedition-antarctic-2009.com ). The six participants from <strong>PKU</strong><br />

are all members <strong>of</strong> the Clean Development Mechanism club (CDM).<br />

2009 has been a year with breakthrough for the two expedition teams for Antarctic<br />

Expeditions. The sixty some members came from 30 different countries. Peng<br />

Jianxiong, Yi Ru and Jiang Yi were sponsored by the Coca Cola Company and formed<br />

the Chinese Student representation team <strong>of</strong> seven in the expedition from March 14th to<br />

27th. Du Tingting, Zhao Chunhong and Li Lina were selected and sponsored by BP<br />

(British Petroleum Co. Ltd.) to attend the 2041&BP Inspire Antarctic Expeditions lasting<br />

from March 25th to April 6th. This year China had 14 representatives participating in the<br />

Inspire Antarctic Expeditions compared to only one student last year. The Chinese<br />

team has also set up a blog on Sohu.com, recording their thoughts and pictures from<br />

the trip(http://antarcticachina.blog.sohu.com).<br />

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