Small wonder: brothers launch model boats to circumnavigate Antarctica
by Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill from Environment | The Guardian on (#6D16Z)
Ollie and Harry Ferguson from Aberdeenshire took inspiration for 12,500-mile journey from Ross scientific expedition of 1839-43
A pair of model ships built by two young brothers have launched on a mission to circumnavigate Antarctica, in what is thought to be a world first.
Ollie Ferguson, 13, and his younger brother Harry, 11, from Turriff in Aberdeenshire, took inspiration from the Ross scientific expedition of 1839-43 where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror discovered the Ross ice shelf.
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