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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The final stage of selection for the Great Arctic Expedition has begun. More than 40 finalists have gone to a five-day training camp in Karelia, where they will stay until July 4. Based on their results, the participants who will be part of the expedition to the Far North will be determined. This was reported by the press service of the capital’s Department of Education and Science.
“Every year, thousands of Moscow schoolchildren and students apply to participate in the Great Arctic Expedition. This year, it is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The journey will begin in late July – early August and will last about two weeks. 14 schoolchildren and college students will travel to the northernmost point of Eurasia – Cape Chelyuskin. The children will be divided into two groups: volunteer builders will be engaged in landscaping the territory of the memorial complex of pilots and winterers, and researchers will study the flora of the Laptev Sea coast. After the expedition, the participants will present their achievements at a large-scale scientific conference,” the department’s press service reported.
In Karelia, six teams of seven people will work under the guidance of professional tourism instructors. Over the course of five days, young travelers will cover a route of about 60 kilometers. They will have to cook in field conditions, work with tourist equipment, set up tents and conduct scientific research. For example, participants will take photos of plants, mosses, birds and describe the terrain. Experts will evaluate the endurance, responsibility and ability to work in a team of each participant, and then name those who will join the expedition.
To get to the final, candidates had to pass several tests. The first stage of the selection was the Arctic Dictation, where over five thousand contestants tested their knowledge of the geography, history, ecology and economic importance of the Far North. In the second stage, the participants were treated to the adventure game “Heroes of the Arctic”. More than 500 children completed tasks on six interactive platforms. Personal and team results were counted.
“I am applying for the position of a volunteer builder in the expedition. All stages of the selection were very interesting. I especially liked the adventure game. I was very pleased that my friends agreed to help me and we did a great job with the tasks. I have high expectations from the final stage of the selection. I hope that this year I will be able to fit into the team. I have been a member of the “Travel Lab” for a year now. Here I was taught to be friends and work in a team, so I hope that the trip will be great,” said Sofia Taranenko, a student at the Ivan Fedorov Moscow Publishing and Printing College.
The next stage was a professional skills competition, which was held in Sokolniki Park and the Moscow Educational Complex Zapad. Thus, in the volunteer builders’ competition, participants had to demonstrate their skills in painting metal, installing formwork and pouring concrete. In the chefs’ competition, candidates had to prepare certain dishes from the products given to them. The final was the research competition, in which candidates for the team of participants of the Great Arctic Expedition defended their scientific projects before the commission.
The capital’s Department of Education and Science first organized the Great Arctic Expedition in 2018. In 2024, a group of schoolchildren went to Cape Lasinius, and a group of college students went to Cape Chelyuskin. The children skied in the footsteps of the expeditions of the early 20th-century Arctic explorer Eduard Toll and Soviet scientist Ivan Papanin, and also built a mobile station town on Cape Chelyuskin.
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The Arctic is not the only place on the globe that Moscow schoolchildren have visited. In the 2024/2025 academic year, 13 young city residents went to the Arctic for the first time.Moscow Youth Antarctic ExpeditionSchoolchildren conducted research on behalf of Russian research institutes, while college students monitored the health of the participants, were responsible for communications, prepared food, and looked after the mobile living module.
About 80 thousand schoolchildren and college students are involved in tourism in the capital – every 20th student. They are united by the city project “The Route is Built”. Over the past year, the children have gone on almost 300 hikes around Russia and other countries. Among the destinations are Kazbek, Tien Shan, North Ossetia, Altai and Kamchatka.
You can find out more about additional education in the capital in Telegram channels “Moscow education” And“Moscow Center for Educational Practices”.
Supplementary education programs develop creative and critical thinking in schoolchildren and develop skills that will be useful to them in their future profession. Events held within the framework of supplementary education contribute to the project “All the best for children” of the national project “Youth and Children”.
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