14-year-old Namibian student Tironenn Amutenya Kadhikwa has returned from a 10-day expedition to the North Pole aboard Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker ship, the 50 Let Pobedy.❄️ Kadhikwa joined 67 other young participants from Russia and 22 other countries on the ship which departed from Murmansk, off the northwestern coast of Russia. The expedition combined Arctic exploration with science and technology activities, with participants taking part in experiments, lectures and workshops. Among the activities was the launch of a radiosonde (weather-measuring device) at the North Pole and the testing of a recoverable stratospheric platform, which reached an altitude of more than 15km and travelled over 100km before being recovered.   submitted by   /u/namibpulse [link]   [comments]