Calgary teacher sailing to Antarctica [Video]

A Calgary teacher is embarking on the trip of a lifetime to one of the coldest places on the planet.

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Tyler Dixon, Grade 5 to 9 teacher at West Ridge School is part of a team of 34 other educators on a Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic voyage to Antarctica, leaving Tuesday.

It’s part of the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, which will see the teachers spend over a week on board the research ship called the National Geographic Resolution.

“We’re there to learn about Antarctica, that area of the world, history, geography, wildlife, climate, all of that kind of stuff,” he said.

“The goal is to bring that back to our classrooms and relate it to our students and the things that we see, maybe that are similar in this part of the world or wherever we’re from.”

Learning experience and an exploration

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