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Originally Posted by nojay
My guess is that there is going to be some kind of Junior Adventurer thing based on a competition or similar, funded by the Japanese government to promote the Shirase's working trip to Antarctica and offering places on board to a few high-school students.
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That was my guess as well though it sounded like the government wasn't going to pony up. Maybe the private entity will run the competition and use it to promote the expedition and maybe even raise money through contributions to support the girls' participation.