A Kinale based environmental scientist is joining 80 women from around the world on an expedition to Antarctica.
Dr Tara Shine, co–founder of Plastic Free Kinsale and the award winning social enterprise Change by Degrees, left Ireland on the 27th of December to join the select group of female scientists from around the world on the leadership expedition to what’s one of the most ecologically sensitive places on earth.Tara, an advisor on climate change, is the first woman living in Ireland to be selected for the programme.