Arctic 2009

The Fuchs Foundation was originally established by the party of British Antarctic Survey scientists wintering out on South Georgia 1973/4, with the objective being to mark the service of Sir Vivian Fuchs as the first Director of the Survey.

For the past 30 years the Foundation has helped many young people develop by giving them the opportunity to experience challenging and adventurous activities. With the re-launching of the charity to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of Sir Vivian Fuchs’ Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58, the Trustees have re-focused the charity to:

“To organize expeditions of young teachers of science and geography to undertake scientific expeditions to the Antarctic and Arctic in alternate years – preparing teaching materials from their experiments and experiences which will be of use to meet the needs of the National Curriculum – these teaching materials to be available on the Foundations web site for the use of all schools.”

For more information on the Foundation visit the website: www.fuchsfoundation.org