Young polar Explorer crossed Antarctica to draw attention to climate change
Parker Liautaud established, in 2013, the record for the fastest person to walk unaided to the South Pole. The 19-year-old student of French and American descent, traveled in 18 days the approximately 505 kilometres that separate the coast of Antarctica from the pole, besting the previous record achieved by the Norwegians Ottar Haldorsen and Jacob Melan in almost four days.However, this young Columbus had an approach quite different from the other explorers. When he began his journey, one of the objectives was to collect about 2,500 samples for that climate change can be studied by academic institutions, since the primary objective of their adventure at the South Pole was to raise awareness of climate change.Liautaud started his journey on December 6, 2013 Ross Ice Shelf and reached the South Pole on Christmas Eve. The young student of Yale University was accompanied by Doug Stoup. The two explorers pulled sleds material with about 80 kilos each, facing temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius."What we wanted to do was make a compelling story in which people could be a part of a region that is to be significantly impacted by climate change," said the young man told Reuters.Liautaud expects the expedition can inform and convince the public about the real dangers of climate change. "There is the awareness that there is a consensus among the scientific community about the existence of global warming", indicates the Explorer. "People are not only divided on the issue as they don't speak about the problem," he adds.According to the Huffington Post, the samples collected by Liautaud are being analyzed by a research institution in New Zealand who is studying the changes in the composition of the soil and ice that could better clarify the climate changes in the region in question
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