SHARING ON THE FUTURE OF ANTARCTICA AT SIN WASSENAAR

Wassenaar Campus — SIN Wassenaar received an outstanding opportunity to host a lecture from one of its excellent advisors, Mr. Michael Putrawenas, on the future of the world’s fifth largest continent, the Antarctica, on Wednesday afternoon, 1 June 2011. Due to his unquestioned dedication to SIN Wassenaar, Mr. Putrawenas specially spared his time to come over en route from Australia for a climate change summit in Germany.

The lecture was largely based on his experience to join the International Antarctic Expedition 2011. The voyage was organised by the 2041, an organisation founded and led by the famous polar explorer, Robert Swan, dedicating to the protection of the last unspoilt territory of the globe from exploitation of, mainly, its mineral deposits. It refers to the Madrid Protocol, part of the Antarctic Treaty Nations, which will be renegotiated and amended in 2041.

Mr. Putrawenas opened his lecture with short short presentation and discussion, followed by displays of featured video and pictures of the expedition, which departed from Ushuaia, known as the southmost city of the world, situated in Argentina. A concluding discussion ended the lecture.

In his closing remark, Mr. Putrawenas emphasised that SIN Wassenaar’s students will be part of the generation that may potentially involve in negotiations about 3 decades away to guarantee that the status quo of the Antarctica is preserved.