SINGAPORE — Hillary O'Sullivan is a 12-year-old multiple-award-winning pianist with her own YouTube channel which has videos of her playing various classical piano pieces. Two of these pieces landed her a recital opportunity in an epic adventure: An exped
which has videos of her playing various classical piano pieces. Two of these pieces landed her a recital opportunity in an epic adventure: A“The founder of the expedition, Michael Aw, saw Hillary’s YouTube videos on two piano recitals she gave in Indonesia and Maldives, and contacted us to see if we would be keen to learn and play for the expedition,” her mother, Ms Elaine Lim, told TODAY.
The pair were among 12 from Singapore selected to go to the Antarctic from Feb 13 to 23 this year, along with 108 other people from around the world. This year’s expedition involved 120 people from all walks of life and with various expertise, ranging from scientists to wildlife photographers."But my school was very understanding and my teacher helped by giving me some homework sheets I could work on during the voyage," she said.
To address the root cause, Hillary believes that people should instead stop using single-use plastic for plastic bags and water bottles, for instance.she also noticed several worrying signs of climate change there, including the sight of watermelon snow, which is pink-red snow caused by freshwater green algae.
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