Welcome to The Greatest Classroom on Earth — the Students on Ice podcast celebrating 25 years of inspiring educational expeditions to the Polar regions hosted by SOI founder and expedition leader Geoff Green.
In 1999, an idea was born. Imagine if we could bring youth to the Arctic and the Antarctic, the two cornerstones of the global ecosystem, and how that experience at the beginning of their lives might help to shape their perspectives and define their futures.
Incredibly, in December of 2000, Students on Ice made our maiden voyage, bringing a group of 50 youth on a journey to Antarctica. And the rest is history!
It’s hard to believe that Students on Ice is now in its twenty-fifth year!
Since that first expedition, we’ve taken more than 4,000 students on expeditions, together with teams of educators, elders, artists, researchers and leaders from over 55 countries!
Our mission to connect youth to nature, culture, and to themselves has remained steady in this changing world.
We now have a global network of alumni doing incredible things.
The Greatest Classroom on Earth podcast is part of a year-long celebration of Students on Ice.
A chance to reflect on the experiences, connections, and impacts, through conversations with the people who were there… getting their stories, in their own words.
New episodes drop the 3rd Monday of every month throughout 2025.
You can find ‘The Greatest Classroom on Earth’ wherever you listen to podcasts.
We hope you’ll join us on this journey!
To learn more about Students on Ice visit us at soifoundation.org and studentsonice.com
Greatest Classroom is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Productions.
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