2008 — Pax Arctica

ARRIVING AT THE GORBACHEV FOUNDATION

IN FRONT OF THE GORBACHEV FOUNDATION - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: CLEMENCE LEPINE, XAVIER LEPINE, AINHOA HARDY, FLAAM HARDY, MARY HARDY, BETH IDLOUT, LOUIS-FRANCOIS DURAND, ALEXANDRE DURAND, EMMANUEL DURAND, MADELEINE DURAND, YVES WEISSELBERGER, LAURENCE EYRAUD-JOLY

LUC HARDY (LEFT) PREPARES FOR PRESENTATION OF PAX ARCTICA EXPEDITION RESULTS WITH JIM BROOKE, INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT

PREPARATION OF THE MAIN AMPHITHEATRE

PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK TO AINHOA HARDY

PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK TO CLEMENCE LEPINE

PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV CONGRATULATES ALEXANDRE DURAND

FLAAM HARDY PRESENTS FASNY (FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL OF NEW YORK) OUTFIT TO PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

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PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV CONGRATULATES AINHOA HARDY WITH FLAAM HARDY

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PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV CONGRATULATES CLEMENCE LEPINE

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CONGRATULATES BETH IDLOUT

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PRESENTATION OF PAX ARCTICA EXPEDITION RESULTS - PRESIDENT GORBACHEV ASKING QUESTIONS

PRESENTATION OF PAX ARCTICA EXPEDITION RESULTS WITH (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): FLAAM HARDY, AINHOA HARDY, BETH IDLOUT AND LUC HARDY

IDLOUT (LEFT), AINHOA HARDY AND FLAAM HARDY

BETH IDLOUT, FLAAM HARDY, PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, AINHOA HARDY AND ALEXANDRE DURAND

Young Arctic Ambassadors meet Gorbachev to express concerns about Climate Change

Moscow - November 21st, 2008.

Moscow – On Friday 21st November, Green Cross International Founding President Mikhail Gorbachev did pay tribute to an international coalition of children, who have been particularly active in alerting the public about critical environmental issues endangering the Arctic. Aïnhoa Hardy, Flaam Hardy and Beth Idlout (who came all the way from Nunavut, Canada) presented the results of the expedition to President Gorbachev at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow. The young adventurers each received a “Young Ambassador” award from Mr. Gorbachev’s directly, recognizing their contribution to the fight against climate change. Not present at the ceremony but equally involved were other members of the Pax Arctica expedition 2008: Kuria Mwaura, Mark Tosi, Olympia Nagel-Caland, and the Zangrillo sisters, Amber, Ashley and Alexa.