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sightseeing and touring. So for the next summer, I planned a trip to India as a
complete contrast to the Arctic.
       After the India trip, I began university, wanting to become an engineer. A
geology course soon changed this idea, and I realized that I could combine my
passion for traveling to new places with my academic work. So the following
summer I joined a third-year student carrying out a geological mapping project in
Spitsbergen, a Norwegian territory at 78 degrees north in the high Arctic.
       This year I decided to undertake my own project. As part of my course I have
to produce a geological map of a 15-square-kilometer area. Many colleagues stay in
Britain, but I wanted to work in a challenging environment. So I led an expedition to
the Atacama in northern Chile, the driest desert in the world. Organizing the trip,
working out logistics and fund raising took up a vast proportion of my year. We
wrote more then 100 letters to various institutions before locating an area in which to
study. I don't believe we could have completed the logistical and academic planning
without the use of the Internet for communication with universities and companies
here in Chile. Most of my friends think I am a little mad to take so much time on my
summer holidays. But I feel it's worthwhile: I learn so much about myself and I get
good geological experience. I now feel confident enough to begin planning an
expedition for next year. Perhaps I will try a geological project in Greenland-although
my ultimate goal is to work in the Antarctic.

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                         International Geological Congress
Message to Congress Participants
       August is fast approaching, bringing with it a date of outstanding importance in
the geological calendar. The 31st International Geological Congress (IGC). The main
theme of the 31st IGC is "Geology and Sustainable Development-Challenges for the
Third Millennium". It is the clear that only by meeting these challenges successfully
can we build a better global society, that is informed in regard to Earth Sciences and
evenly balanced in terms of socio-economic development.
       Our task is to garner the geological contributions of the largest possible
assembly of geoscientists and geology professionals. The second is to give
participants the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the region's geological
features, the nature of its mineral and energy resources, environmental problems and
the possible solutions to such problems. The third is the exchange experiences that
will effectively contribute to the advance of geosciences and Sustainable
Development.

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