Airbnb to offer new science sabbatical
NEW YORK - Airbnb is offering a handful of people concerned about the environment a chance to participate in scientific research on how to help preserve it during an all-expense paid trip to Antarctica.
The Antarctic Sabbatical, as the travel company is dubbing it, will give five people the opportunity to study how widely micro plastics have infiltrated the region. Over a month's time in December, they'll be trained in lab work in Chile, collect snow samples in Antarctica, climb key glaciers and even visit the South Pole.
Scientist Kirstie Jones-Williams, who will be helping to train and guide the volunteer researchers, says the goal of the program isn't to create more scientists but rather global ambassadors on the dangers of pollution and more.
