Adventurer to open first Antarctic education base

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LONDON (Reuters) - Adventurer Robert Swan sets sail on a polar expedition next week to launch what he says is the world's first online education center in Antarctica that will offer children a real-time glimpse of life on the ice.

Swan, who was the first person to walk unassisted to both the North and South poles, hopes to use the small center, built on a Russian base on King George Island, to teach children about climate change and what they can do to protect the planet.

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