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Explorer Wilson Cheung honored for inspiring youth with glaciology field trips

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Explorer Wilson Cheung has been recognized with a Spirit of Hong Kong Award for his work inspiring youth through glaciology and field science. Cheung recently led Hong Kong secondary school students on trips to the Swiss Alps, where he observed firsthand the impacts of glacier melt and thawing ground. He also completed a significant scientific snowkite traverse across Greenland in 2026, collecting data in extreme environments. AI

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Explorer Wilson Cheung honored for inspiring youth with glaciology field trips

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Jimmy Chow ·

    Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: explorer inspires youth through glacial field trips

    When Wilson Cheung took Hong Kong secondary school students into the Swiss Alps this summer, terrain he had once been able to reach had become inaccessible. Glacier melt and thawing ground had destabilised parts of the mountain, while rockfall made fieldwork more hazardous. Only …

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