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Largest all-female expedition braves Antarctica to fight inequality, climate change
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Posted on 11/29/2016 9:29:09 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Largest all-female expedition braves Antarctica to fight inequality, climate change

By Umberto Bacchi

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The largest all-female expedition to Antarctica, comprising 76 scientists, is due to set sail from Argentina on Friday in a quest to promote women in science and highlight the impact of climate change on the planet.

The international team will brave sub-zero temperatures to undergo a 20-day bootcamp on the frozen continent aimed at developing their leadership skills and challenging male dominance of senior scientific roles.

Women make up only 28 percent of the world's researchers and are particularly under-represented at senior levels, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says.

Yet greater female leadership is needed to fight climate change, which disproportionately affects women, according to Fabian Dattner, co-founder of the Antarctica initiative, Homeward Bound.

"Mother Nature needs her daughters," said Dattner, an Australian entrepreneur and leadership coach.

(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Japan; Mexico; News/Current Events; Russia; US: Alaska; US: District of Columbia; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: globalwarming
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To: Ciaphas Cain
If this inspires an all-female remake of The Thing, I’m gonna hurl chunks.

LOL!

141 posted on 11/30/2016 5:53:04 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: Sub-Driver

Waiting for this bunch of losers to hook up with the bunch on “Continent 7” TV show also in search of climate change data.


142 posted on 11/30/2016 6:26:15 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Jim Noble
Those coats look nice and warm, but are they really going to be wearing sandals and high heels ?


143 posted on 11/30/2016 6:29:51 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: VRWCmember

“The Thing” just lost her presidential race and will now attack any (and all) who were against her with a vengeance worse than a 10 year period.


144 posted on 11/30/2016 6:40:05 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow. The headline is right out of Pravda from the 1960s.


145 posted on 11/30/2016 7:10:55 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: abclily

There’s nothing in the universe more powerful than an egocentric member of Congress.

Haven’t you learned that?

/s


146 posted on 11/30/2016 7:52:29 AM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Ciaphas Cain
If this inspires an all-female remake of The Thing, I’m gonna hurl chunks.

They came pretty close to doing that already with the terrible 2010(?) prequel, where Kurt Russell's character is replaced by a 20-something girl (who is inexplicably smarter, braver, tougher, and more rational than every single man on the base, who are all either corrupt, stupid, irrationally paralyzed with fear, or cowardly). I turned the movie off about halfway through, a reminder of why I usually don't watch remakes, sequels, or prequels of older movies that I enjoyed.

147 posted on 11/30/2016 8:11:28 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: Secret Agent Man
Imagine when they all sync up. Good lord.

You clearly are sexist. Would require more than 20 days.

148 posted on 11/30/2016 8:36:05 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Blood on the snow.


149 posted on 11/30/2016 8:36:32 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: UCANSEE2

That picture was taken in July in Yosemite National Park.


150 posted on 11/30/2016 8:37:36 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Discriminatory

Sexist

No diversity of ideas


151 posted on 11/30/2016 9:13:29 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO)
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To: stylin19a

Well, at least someone told this group of scientists when summer is in Antarctica.


152 posted on 11/30/2016 9:20:21 AM PST by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: 21twelve

Great story, 21. It sounds like she’s inherited some good strong genes there ;)


153 posted on 11/30/2016 9:34:25 AM PST by Right-wing Librarian
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To: Sub-Driver
And what's keeping a poodle like...

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/parents-outraged-as-transgender-male-beats-girls-at-alaska-state-track-meet

...from inviting/identifying its way into this ALL Alphafem Glacier party?

154 posted on 11/30/2016 10:29:46 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Godebert

Didn’t the Sherpas do a cleanup of the corpses a while ago?


155 posted on 11/30/2016 10:34:25 AM PST by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Jim Noble

hey...great info.

winter coats & sandals ?


156 posted on 11/30/2016 10:43:02 AM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Well La-De-Da”

The following also apply:

BFD, Whoopty Fricken Do, Who Gives a Shiite, and Who F’n Cares.


157 posted on 11/30/2016 10:47:52 AM PST by ohioman
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To: Sub-Driver

This will be the largest collection of nipples panging up in one place in history.


158 posted on 11/30/2016 11:27:36 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Sub-Driver

What a waste of time given climate change is nothing but a money making globalist scam.


159 posted on 11/30/2016 11:32:02 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

He’s there to carry the equipment.


160 posted on 11/30/2016 11:32:53 AM PST by Crucial
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