Volunteers expressed their desire to take part in the third field season of the Clean Arctic project, which is scheduled to start in May next year.
Students of Peking University, the largest state university in China, want to participate in the cleanup in the Arctic. About three hundred people have already submitted applications to the so-called "Club of Friends of the Clean Arctic".
Young people themselves plan to pay for their transportation to the place of work, as well as accommodation, meals and the purchase of all necessary equipment. Many students have taken jobs to which they devote all their extra-curricular time in order to raise the necessary amount.
The coordinator of the "Club of Friends of the Clean Arctic" project, Arina Hvan from Seoul, noted that the first volunteers from China and South Korea are planned to be sent to Russia as early as next year.
The press service of the "Clean Arctic" reported that the involvement of volunteers from around the world clearly illustrates the exceptional importance of the work begun for all mankind, and also emphasizes the high international status of the project.
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