Hi Osmar,

this is indeed a very exciting news and it frankly killed the Monday Blues! :)

Regards,
Karthik Nadar. 

Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in
/karthikndr, @karthikndr

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Osmar Valdebenito <osmar@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

Hi all!

I'm glad to announce you that, this year, we will have a Wiki Loves Monuments edition in... Antarctica!

We believe that, to actually make this a global contest, we need to reach all continents. Antarctica, despite having no permanent population, has several sites that commemorate the attempts of exploration and research carried out by the international community over the past centuries. There are 86 monuments declared by the Antarctic Treaty System that will participate.

This certainly will be a particular and very symbolic contest. We expect a very low amount of participants but most of the images will be unique, so each one will have a lot of impact.

In the past weeks, I have been in contact with the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty and they have accepted to support our contest. We expect to reach different institutions (researchers, tourist operators, national institutions, etc.) with the help of the ATS... but there are still a lot of things to do. In line with the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty and the Wikimedia Movement, this local contest will be an international one.

We expect a lot of volunteers of different countries to help us translating the monuments lists, updating the website, contacting institutions in their own countries, becoming juries and so on... Wikimedia Argentina will only participate as a coordinator.

Do you want to join the WLM-AQ team? Send an e-mail to correo@wikimedia.org.ar!
Also, you can take a look at our page in Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Antarctica

We expect to reach this year to every place in the world... even the most remote and cold! :)

Osmar Valdebenito G.

Director Ejecutivo

A. C. Wikimedia Argentina

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