Riley Adams-Lachance was brimming with excitement as she waited to board her first expedition from Nunavut to Kalaallit Nunaat (Land of the Greenlanders) with the Students on Ice Foundation.

"I can't wait to see all the wildlife and ice caps and just how the land is formed up there," the Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, resident said as she waited to board the ship on Wednesday.

For 25 years, the non-profit organization has taken countless young people — from 53 countries — to the Arctic and Antarctic. The expeditions bring together students, educators, scientists and elders for lessons about culture and the planet we live on.

Adams-Lachance has always been passionate about climate change and empowering youth, and an expedition with Students on Ice is an extension of that.

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